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lap of luxury

Noun

Meaning

in conditions of wealth and comfort

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Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine. George Bancroft

I should prefer that Fortune keep me in her camp rather than in the lap of luxury. If I am tortured, but bear it bravely, all is well; if I die, but die bravely, it is also well. Seneca

Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up. Orson Welles

I'm very much in the trenches, and I don't live in the lap of luxury. I come from a working-class military family. We watch the news and read the paper and vote, so there's always something to be upset about. I always have a certain amount of angst in my back pocket. Pink

"Audacity we won't miss: Obama praised his spoilt daughters for graciously wearing 'the burden of years' of life in the lap of luxury (courtesy the taxpayer), a sentiment his wife, Michelle Antoinette Obama, seconded.”. Ilana Mercer

Women want certain things in marriage--the right to a title and a front seat in the lap of luxury. Mae West

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