| 单词 | out of the top drawer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout of the top drawer 1. With the. The highest social class or group; the elite. Chiefly in prepositional phrases, esp. out of the top drawer, indicating that a person belongs to such a class or group. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] optimacy1579 aristocracy1651 great world1699 peerage1725 well-connected1788 governing class1795 patriciate1795 well-connected1831 caste1842 (the) salt of the earth1842 the leisured class(es1848 japonicadom1851 countyocracy1859 masterclass1861 proprietariat1872 four hundred1888 the Establishment1923 gratin1934 power élite1942 U1954 upper1955 topside1958 1905 H. A. Vachell Hill i Such boys as a rule don't come out of the top drawer. 1944 A. Thirkell Headmistress (1996) ii. 53 Quite a good lot of girls too. Not exactly out of the top drawer, but that's all the better for them nowadays. 1958 ‘A. Bridge’ Portuguese Escape iii. 42 The composed decision that somehow had so much distinction. ‘She is out of the top drawer, isn't she?’ 1995 Independent 13 Feb. 14/2 They believe that people are defined by their travel arrangements; that businessmen are the top drawer of society. out of the top drawer 2. With the. The highest level in excellence or quality. Only in prepositional phrases, esp. out of the top drawer, indicating that something is of the highest quality. ΚΠ 1911 Evening News (Sydney) 3 June 4/4 Some are quite out of the top drawer. 1948 Daily Tel. 25 June 3/1 Morris's 105 was right out of the top drawer. 2011 Daily Tel. 14 Mar. 29/1 Terence Rattigan's Flare Path (1942), rarely ranked in the top drawer of his plays, emerges..as a three-handkerchief weepie. 2014 Today's Golfer Mar. 110/1 The golf on offer is right out of the top drawer. < as lemmas |
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