in the lap of luxury

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Cliché in luxurious surroundings. John lives in the lap of luxury because his family is very wealthy. When I retire, I'd like to live in the lap of luxury.

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? References in classic literature
Come, ma'am, you know you were born in the lap of luxury. Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context And Mr Dorrit's daughter that day began, in earnest, her competition with that woman not present; and began it so well that Mr Dorrit could all but have taken his affidavit, if required, that Mrs Sparkler had all her life been lying at full length in the lap of luxury, and had never heard of such a rough word in the English tongue as Marshalsea. Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context You're a blighted being, and decidedly cross today because you can't sit in the lap of luxury all the time. Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context More results

? References in classic literature

Come, ma'am, you know you were born in the lap of luxury.

Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context

And Mr Dorrit's daughter that day began, in earnest, her competition with that woman not present; and began it so well that Mr Dorrit could all but have taken his affidavit, if required, that Mrs Sparkler had all her life been lying at full length in the lap of luxury, and had never heard of such a rough word in the English tongue as Marshalsea.

Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context

You're a blighted being, and decidedly cross today because you can't sit in the lap of luxury all the time.

Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

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