GILDED CAGE

PRONUNCIATION: (GIL-did kayj)

MEANING: noun: A place or situation that’s superficially attractive but confining.

ETYMOLOGY: Alluding to a bird in a gilded cage, which may be shiny and beautiful, but ultimately it still imprisons the bird. From gilded (coated with a thin layer of gold) + cage. Earliest documented use: 1693.
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GILDED CADGE - rich people borrowing money from each other

GILDED RAGE - Scrooge McDuck has a hissy fit

GIRDED CAGE - a set of corset stays