gilded cage

figuratively

(figuratively) A place (or, by extension, situation) which is superficially attractive but nevertheless constraining; a comfortable but confined situation.

Japanese Meaning

外見は華やかだが、実際には自由が制限される状況。見た目は魅力的で安心感があるが、本質的には束縛がある状態。 / 豪華だが、実際は制約が多く、逃れることのできない環境。快適さと引き換えに自由を失っている状況。 / 一見魅力的な生活や環境に見えるが、実際には自分の意思で行動できず、制限された状態。

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She smiled politely but felt trapped inside a gilded cage of social obligations.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は礼儀正しく微笑んだが、社交的な義務という金の檻に閉じ込められていると感じていた。

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(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."

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gilded cages

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