Meaning of lap of luxury | Babel Free

Definitions

A position or situation in which one is spoiled and indulged.

idiomatic, singular, singular-only

Examples

“Now dear, I hope my daughter has warned you we are not exactly living of of ^([sic]) the lap of luxury you might say. […] Now I want you to prepare yourself right now because I am certain it is not the kind of surroundings you are used to from where you come from, dear.”

“You'd think being born into the lap of luxury would encourage indolence, but that's not the case for Kilian Hennessy[…].”

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