toffee-nosed
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈtoffee-ˌnosed adjective British English informal PROUDa toffee-nosed person thinks that they are better than other people because of their social position – used to show disapproval 势利的;好摆架子的,自命不凡的〔含贬义〕
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toffee-nosed• I thought he was a very toffee-nosed man, a good draughtsman in a commercial sort of way, very accurate of course.ˈtoffee-ˌnosed adjectiveChineseSyllable
thinks they a better other Corpus person toffee-nosed that are than
toffee-nosed
ˈtoffee-ˌnosed
adjective British English informal
a toffee-nosed person thinks that they are better than other people because of their social position – used to show disapproval
ˈtoffee-ˌnosed
adjective British English informala toffee-nosed person thinks that they are better than other people because of their social position – used to show disapproval