Cadillac problem
English
Etymology
In reference to the luxury automobile brand.
Noun
Cadillac problem (plural Cadillac problems)
- An insignificant problem of a privileged person.
- 2011, Louis Teresi, Hijacking the Brain (page 197)
- My sponsor, when I present him with a nagging problem (usually trivial, although blown out of proportion in my warped mind), invariably replies, "Lou, that's a Cadillac problem. Read page 417, and get grateful for what you have ... now!"
- 2013, Cyndi Lee, May I Be Happy
- It might not seem like a big deal and in the grand scheme of suffering, it is a Cadillac problem. But for me it was a significant step toward self-acceptance, and in that way, I guess it was brave.
- 2011, Louis Teresi, Hijacking the Brain (page 197)