nacer con torta bajo el brazo

to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

USAGE NOTE

This idiom may be literally translated as "to be born with a pie under one's arm" and may also be written "traer torta bajo el brazo."

nacer con torta bajo el brazo(nah-sehr kohn tohr-tah bah-hoh ehl brrah-soh)

intransitive verb phrase

1. (idiom) (to be born into a rich family)

(Mexico)

a. to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth (idiom)

Pancho nunca fue ambicioso porque nació con torta bajo el brazo.

Pancho was never ambitious because he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.