luxury

See: IN THE LAP OF LUXURY.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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in the lap of luxury

[in the lap of luxury] {adv. phr.} Well supplied with luxuries; having most things that money can buy. * /Mike grew up in the lap of luxury./ Compare: [ON EASY […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

lap

[lap] See: [IN THE LAP OF LUXURY], [IN THE LAP OF THE GODS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

Oscar Wilde

A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it. www.sky-net-eye.com

attributed to Socrates

(469-399 B.C.) Children nowadays love luxury, have bad manners, contempt for authority, disrespect for elders.... www.sky-net-eye.com

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