2007-02-28 00:13:56 · 7 answers · asked by lilprince2260 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It means that your givin everything......you expect for it to be free. You don't feel like it is necessary to work for something. If you work hard you will respect things more, than what you would if someone gave it to you on a silver platter. I have a old friend that is like that bad. Were not friends anymore cause she is a spoiled *****. She thinks she is better than everybody....cause she has a house paid for...car ...and her own buisness. She is only 22....but it all came from daddy. She has no respect for anything. Cause if something happens she just calls daddy.
2007-02-28 00:49:36 · answer #1 · answered by Constance 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel it means that you are given your hearts desires and all of your needs without expending any energy or learning anything about life.
If wants and needs are handed to you - you will not gain any insight into the ethics of work or human relationships, nor will you gain any moral insights regarding fairness or humanity's struggles.
You will assume that everyone is on the same cloud as you are and that life is as simple as holding out your hands to receive the riches.
One who is given everything does not understand why a $7 dollar an hour parent cannot afford shoes for his child. Actually you wouldn't understand someone working for $7 without thinking that they were lazy or unintelligent. A silver platter person would not understand someone working a 12 hour day and still not having a decent place to live.
An example I can give:
At one time I worked for a multi-millionaire (he took over the business from his father) as an office manager. His wages were low but it was a steady job for the 100 people (shop and office) that worked there. One of my data entry clerks was a recently widowed mother of 2. On a particular week she arrived late for work twice because her car would not start and she had to rely on others for transportation. When I informed my boss of her situation he asked "Then why doesn't she just go and buy a new one today?" When I told him that she couldn not afford to purchase a new vehicle he asked "Why doesn't she just take the money, out of savings or get a loan. Or ask her parents for the money?"
I again tried to explain that with two children there was no way and asked if we could advance wages to help her repair her vehicle---and he eventually did loan some money.
But the thing that really bothered me is that he could not conceive that a need could not be met.
That to me, is the meaning of the expression
"handed the world on a silver platter".
2007-02-28 00:45:29 · answer #2 · answered by ceetee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a phrase that means that a person is being given virtually everything they need without having to work for anything on their own.
2007-02-28 00:22:12 · answer #3 · answered by The Education Doctor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means everything in the world is handed to you wrapped up nice and pretty so that you dont have to work for it.
2007-02-28 00:21:25 · answer #4 · answered by seminole0885 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When a person wants everything given to them and they
don't have to work for anything.
2007-02-28 01:05:33 · answer #5 · answered by caroline j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means, give me the winning lottery, or you want to be
spoiled and want any material thing free.
2007-02-28 00:21:27 · answer #6 · answered by sunflare63 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
give me everythin in general
2007-02-28 05:16:02 · answer #7 · answered by babynene2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋