in the lap of luxury

Idioms and Phrases

see lap of luxury .

Example Sentences

And she’d grown up in the lap of luxury, with more wealth than he could even imagine.

From Literature

Digging deeper, they unearthed evidence of a justice who regularly sat in the lap of luxury, on the dime of wealthy and influential hosts.

From Slate

When you’re in the lap of luxury, these finer points matter — tickets aren’t as pricey as they used to be, but, still, pricey.

From Seattle Times

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and right-wing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia took heat Tuesday for high-fiving over their shared support of the filibuster while "rubbing elbows with Wall Street CEOs and celebrities in the lap of luxury" at the World Economic Forum's annual summit in Davos, Switzerland.

From Salon

"Nope. She's in Switzerland, of course. At the famous Davos World Economic Forum, where billionaires and Wall Street execs can sidle up to global leaders and hang out with celebrities in the elitist, most rarefied of settings. As far away from her constituents as possible, and in the lap of luxury. Just as Sinema likes it."

From Salon

Related Words

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