出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/03/02 02:06 UTC 版)
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.
silver spoon (uncountable)
Although this noun is uncountable, it is almost always preceded by the indefinite article ("a").
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/03 20:03 UTC 版)
The English language expression silver spoon is synonymous with wealth, especially inherited wealth; someone born into a wealthy family is said to have "been born with a silver spoon in his mouth". As an adjective, "silver-spoon" describes someone who has a prosperous background or is of a well-to-do family environment. In Australia the expression "silvertail" is also used, although it has an almost identical meaning. It has been used in cultural or political situations to describe someone as aristocratic or out of touch with the common people.