silver spoon

Etymology
Rooted in 18th century European table-setting customs, when diners would bring their own utensils to the meal. To distinguish themselves from serfs and peasants, members of the land-owning classes often used silver cutlery, whence the term silverware.

Noun

 * 1)  Wealth passed down or inherited.
 * He was born with a silver spoon and an upturned nose. He didn't lose the latter when he squandered the former.

Usage notes
Although this noun is uncountable, it is almost always preceded by the indefinite article ("a").

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 金鎖匙
 * Mandarin: 金湯匙, 金鑰匙
 * Finnish: