Thread: I have not found this idiom in my dictionary!
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Old 21-Sep-2006, 11:56
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Default Re: I have not found this idiom in my dictionary!
It means, literally, to be born to royalty. Figuratively, it means to be born to wealth and priviledge.

Wilfred was born to the purple, but wasted his time hanging out with his low-life college friends.
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