英语词汇living in the lap of luxury的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	living in the lap of luxury
词源	living in the lap of luxury. To live without wanting for any- thing, as if a maternal figure, symbolized by a lap, provided for one’s every need. The expression is first found in Lord Byron’s poetic drama Werner (1822): “Rash, new to life, and rear’d in luxury’s lap.”
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