upper crust
Ekwiwalent frazeologizmu "upper crust"
Znaczenie frazeologizmu „upper crust”
angielski
the highest level of society, i.e. people who are separated from ordinary people as being elite either by economic or social position, or both.
Dating to the mid-19th century, this expression comes from the belief that the upper crust of bread was the best or most desirable part. it can be used as an adjective or a noun.
"upper crust" w tekście piosenki
I Bet You Think About MeTaylor Swift
Huh
Well I tried to fit in with your upper-crust circles
Yeah, they let me sit in back when we were in love
Song for the GeordieGeorges Brassens
when the p'lice pulled me in for a while
You gave a smile when I was bust,
unlike the local upper crust,
Who were so keen at last to see
PizzaAntilopen Gang
Upon every continent and within every culture
You'll find something pizza-ish or an equally equivalent dish
It stretches from Tanzania to the upper-crust of Munich (*3)
One day the whole world will become a giant pizzeria!
Platonic Simple-Minded HeroineNon-Fiction
I'm willing to cheat to make it easy
I just want to do everything! but reality gets in my way
I'm supposed to be the upper-crust already, but I want more!
There's a severe lack of romance in my life
The BobosRenaud
They appear on every rhyme
They are a new class
After the "bourges"upper crust" href="#footnote1_bobr6y6" rel="nofollow">1 and the proletarians
Not far from the rednecks, but classier
1. abbreviation of "bourgeois" which are the french upper crust
Wedding Chorale / Beggars at the FeastLes Misérables (Musical)
Paris at my feet
Paris in the dust
And here's me breaking bread with the upper crust
The OperapMozart l'Opéra Rock (musical)
Put away your claws, nice lanky lad!
We see you as a performing dog for the upper crust,
performing big numbers worthy of a little monkey.
The Wedding/Beggars at the BuffetLes Misérables (Musical)
That one over there is "warm"1, but it's going good for him otherwise.
All of Paris is mine, all of Pa has gout,
And I'm, I'm eating my way through through the upper-crust!
1. "Gay", I used a dated term to be more apt to the time period.
Bonjour Paris [Look Down (Paris)]Les Misérables (Musical)
[ENJOLRAS]
Luckily, among the upper crust,
there’s one who looks down below.
At high tideMatmatah
At the big sponsors ball
I was persona non grata
And now amongst the upper crust
Being welcomed once again into the arms
Sex and greenbacksMaryla Rodowicz
the actors screwed the play.
We didn't have any hope
to reach the upper crust,
so devils stopped that "soap"1,-
1. e.g., soap opera
The three little pigsRoald Dahl
Ah, Piglet, you must never trust
Young ladies from the upper crust.
For now, Miss Riding Hood, one notes,
What a Day in LondonPocahontas II (OST)
In London town
[Butler:] The upper crust lie fast asleep
La JavaMistinguett
But on Boulevard Saint Germain
The upper crust
Have no principles
Parallel livesLa Trinca
The unbreakable support
went quickly broken
they were the elite, they were the upper crust
they were Spain and now they're ten.
My Pain and My Distress + A Many Years AgoGilbert and Sullivan
Two tender babes I nursed:
One was of low condition,
The other, upper crust,
A regular patrician.
Natalio Ruiz, the little man with the grey hatSui Generis
Today you fill a spot
according to your lineage
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1. Famous cemetery for the upper crust.
TelegramÉdith Piaf
"Will be Orly 1 – eight o'clock – May second –
Am impatient – Am overjoyed –
I love you more than everupper crust, it wasn't/isn't uncommon for even married coupes to call each other vous." href="#footnote2_jc76dul" rel="nofollow">2 –
Love – kisses – sighed – François..."
1. Orly is in ...
Come Along With MeCan-Can (Musical)
Come along with me!
There's a prince whose home has become a must
For the lower men of the upper crust —
'Cause his high-born wife has such a low-cut bust!
A lumberjack's sayMatti Louhivuori
An axe won't bring them here
When in the city they all adorn
The tables of the upper crust
Hey gents, come here for once






