The Lap of Luxury
Where the phrase comes from · Card no. 4026
From lap as the place a child is held, which made it a figure for comfort and keeping. English writers had people reared in the lap of luxury by the late 1700s, meaning cared for to the point of uselessness.
No such place exists, which has never stopped anyone from going. Every card here is an original painting of a phrase, free to send by email or by link.