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lap of luxury, in the
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Idioms and Phrases
In affluent circumstances, equipped with anything money can buy. For example, Jane grew up in the lap of luxury . This expression alludes to the lap as a place of comfort. [Late 1700s]Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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