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gilded cages

gilded cages is the plural of gilded cage.

Meaning of gilded cage

Noun

gilded cage (plural gilded cages)

  1. (figuratively) A place (or, by extension, situation) which is superficially attractive but nevertheless constraining; a comfortable but confined situation.
    • Two years ago he wrote of the Presidency as the "final sacrifice," adding: "The restraint, artificiality and loneliness in the White House... seems the life of a pet in a gilded cage."1932 December 23, “June & Duty”, in Time

Questions about gilded cages

What is gilded cages the plural of?
Gilded cages is the plural of gilded cage.

Words near gilded cages in the dictionary

  1. Gildea
  2. Gildeas
  3. gilded
  4. Gilded Age
  5. gilded cage
  6. gilded cages
  7. Gilded Chamber
  8. gilded flicker
  9. gilded flickers
  10. gilded the lily
  11. gilded the pill

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