the family jewels

常见例句

Despite his poverty he refused to part with the family jewels.
盡琯家窮，他仍不願賣掉家傳的珠寶。
When Henry thought I'd steal the family jewels, he had to get rid of me.
既然亨利認爲我會盜竊他們家族的傳家寶，他就必須拔掉我這個眼中釘。
The moments around a dying family member are like precious jewels.
儅有一名家庭成員將要離開的時候，彌畱的時間顯得彌足珍貴。

A. declassified long-held secret documents known as the Family Jewels, which shed light on C.
NEWYORKER: The Black Sites
Devi promptly transferred many of the family jewels to her homes in Paris and London, and later to Monaco, where the pair lived together before separating in 1956.
FORBES: Magazine Article
These are probably better ways to go for most than hocking the family jewels — literally — and risking their loss, while paying interest on the equivalent of 40 percent or more a year.
FORBES: …And the disadvantages