"Hoity-toity" nghĩa là gì?
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"Hoity-toity" -> nghĩa là tự cao, tự đạo, cho rằng mình hơn người.
Ví dụ
The northeast is so important to me. Nobody is funny like people from the northeast. I went to quite a hoity-toity school in Newcastle and when I moved to London I’d completely lost my northern accent (giọng nói).
Never heard of the Bib Gourmand Guide? Think of it as a (much) less expensive, (much) less fancy version of the hoity-toity Michelin Guide. The restaurants on the Bib Gourmand offer quality food at a very reasonable (hợp lý) price -- in the world of Michelin inspectors (thanh tra), that's two courses and a glass of wine or dessert for less than $40.
Croquet (bóng vồ) is hands-down one of the classiest (xuất sắc) lawn games there is. The hoity-toity sport, which began back in France, came Stateside in the mid-1800s and was soon popular coast-to-coast. Nowadays, it’s a beloved pastime that adds a little touch of sophistication (tinh tế) to any garden party.
Producers talk them up (thuyết phục) as being fun to make, and drinkers love that they are removed from the hoity-toity fuss that wine traditionalists espouse.
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