lap of luxury

the lap of luxury

A luxurious and comfortable lifestyle due to one's abundant money and resources. After winning the lottery, they moved to Paris so they could live in the lap of luxury. The fact that he grew up in the lap of luxury was used to discredit the candidate's claim of wanting to represent working-class citizens. Compared to life the village where he grew up, my grandfather said earning minimum wage and living in a one-bedroom apartment in New York felt like the lap of luxury to him.
See also: lap, luxury, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lap of luxury

Fig. a luxurious situation. I rather enjoy living in the lap of luxury. You call this pigpen the lap of luxury?
See also: lap, luxury, of
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

lap of luxury, the

Affluent circumstances. This term, with its allusion to a traditional place of comfort and ease, the human lap, no doubt owes its popularity to its fluid alliteration. It dates from the late eighteenth century and appeared in print in 1802 in Maria Edgeworth’s Moral Tales.
See also: lap, of
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • lap of luxury, the
  • the lap of luxury
  • luxury
  • in the lap of luxury
  • lap of luxury, in the
  • Living large
  • live large
  • live like a king
  • hit the jackpot
  • jackpot
References in periodicals archive
Weaver George: now living in the lap of luxury and being spoilt
Letter: Weaver George with thanks for all the very good wishes
Despite world events, tourist attractions remain open, there are fewer queues and hotels remain as efficient as ever, cosseting you in the lap of luxury.
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If you want to enjoy a little bit of everything while living in the lap of luxury, Jamaica, Barbados and the U.W.
Island bargains
Mick Cash, head of the RMT, said bosses were "jetting around in the lap of luxury" as engineers and signallers fought for a "fair pay rise".
Rail chiefs fly to meetings.. it's cheaper
PAUL LAWRIE is staying in the lap of luxury this week as Gleneagles always put their defending champ in one of the hotel's finest suites.
LAWRIE BEDS IN NICELY
All I would say to this cosseted couple - the taxpayer keeps you two in the lap of luxury, no one else, and as far as I am concerned, you must take the shots when they come along, if you pardon the pun.
Get over it, Wills and Kate
Lap of luxury in Lanarkshire Star buy Lerwick B at Dalkeith Oakwood in Cumbernauld
Open house; THE LATEST NEWS
His basic wage would keep any Teessider in the lap of luxury at pounds 120,200 but on top of that he also gets a pounds 50,000 retention package, pounds 32,000 car allowance, pounds 24,000 "honorarium" -whatever that means, totalling pounds 226,200.
Back to basics; Your say
The Press, pundits, pressure groups and some politicians are queuing up to claim that we are living in the lap of luxury (really?) and are going to have to tighten our belts and endure cutbacks or closures in public services.
Alternatives to cutting services; VOICE OF THE NORTH
Expenses for things like dog food, light bulbs, horse manure, televisions costing over pounds 2,000, furniture and flipping homes - in fact living in the lap of luxury at the taxpayers' expense while all these people are on the dole because of no fault of their own.
Ashamed of MPs; Mailbag
AN MP today backed plans to seize the "bling" from criminals and stop them living in the lap of luxury.
MP: Stop kids being lured in by the lifestyle
Ten million quid is more than enough to see out her life in the lap of luxury and while Tarrant may be a liar and a love-cheat, he's worked like a train for the last 25 years to earn his dosh.
Ingrid is just plain greedy
There are a small number of councillors in Cardiff who share this view, however, the Member's Register always seems to make it appear that we are living in the lap of luxury when in fact the hospitality received only has a small value.
Gift limits must be cut urgently
A MILLIONAIRE businessman swindled more than pounds 26,000 in benefits despite living in the lap of luxury.
TYCOON CONMAN; EXCLUSIVE
She also denied suggestions that she is living in the lap of luxury and said she works 10 hours a day for pounds 50 a week.
MAXINE: I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW