| 单词 | his father was born before him |
| 释义 | > as lemmashis father was born before him P7. his father was born before him and variants: used to indicate that a man has inherited his wealth or privileged position, rather than earned it himself. Similarly her father was born before her: used with reference to a woman who inherits wealth or privilege in this way. ΚΠ 1666 G. Torriano Piazza Universale ii. 167/2 The English something to that purpose say, of a rich man that never purchas'd his Estate, His Father was born before him. 1771 North Briton 2 Feb. 3 It was not only lucky..that his father was born before him, but that his father died soon after he was born, by which he succeeded at an early age to the great fortune, estates, and offices. 1888 London Reader 8 Sept. 464/1 She has the good fortune to have had a father born before her. 2016 @NYCEDUC 30 June in twitter.com (accessed 15 Aug. 2019) Eric, like Donald, is lucky his father was born before him. Otherwise, store manager of a Kmart. < as lemmas |
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