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the royal treatment

the royal treatment

4 5.3
Special care and service for a person, like a king or queen
  • idiom
translation icon : el trato real
  • The spa offers everyone who visits the royal treatment, ensuring a day of pampering and relaxation.
  • give the royal treatment
  • get the royal treatment
  • deserve the royal treatment

Examples

  • - We're getting the royal treatment.

    Firefox (1982)

  • The royal treatment doesn't stop there;

    Blog text (4)

  • Yeah, we fix this up, we're gonna get the royal treatment.

    Lola's Love Shack (2013)

  • -No, more like the royal treatment.

    A Cinderella Story (2004)

  • I'm getting the royal treatment, Martin.

    Philomena (2013)

  • The royal treatment, so to speak.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The only explanation for the royal treatment is that he did give them radar secrets.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Miss Peaches got the royal treatment, which was nice.

  • Curtis called over to them, "Hell if he needs the royal treatment."

    Fiction book (2002)

  • After a long day of travel, the guests were delighted to receive the royal treatment at the luxury hotel.

Synonyms

red carpet
vsthe royal treatment
  • Informal
19 3.4

Special attention and welcome given to important guests

emphasizes lavish, personalized attention and luxury rather than formal ceremonial honor

Antonyms

ordinary
683 1.0

Normal and not special or unusual

neglect
100 3.5

Not caring for someone or something that needs care

How Luxurious

lavish
59 5.5
the royal treatment
4 5.3
standard
675 2.7
basic
144 1.0

Surface Forms

the royal treatment singular
the royal treatments plural

Morphology

the + royal + treatment

The meaning 'special or lavish care' is directly derivable from combining 'royal' (characteristic of a king or queen) with 'treatment' (the manner of treating someone): it literally means being treated like royalty. This compositional metaphor is common and cross-linguistically accessible, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should understand the MWE.

Etymology

The royal treatment comes from how royal people like kings and queens were cared for long ago, with servants, fine food and the best rooms. So, saying someone gets the royal treatment today means they are getting 'very special, luxurious care'.