Talk:born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

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Note. The original nautical expression is just born with a silver spoon and describes those young gentlemen who were able to enter the Royal Navy without examination and whose promotion was assured. the converse was born with a wooden ladle

This needs support as etymology. DCDuring TALK 15:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]