hoity-toity
豪爽的,豪爽,豪爽的人,豪爽型
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- : assuming airs; pretentious; highfalutin; haughty: He thinks he's better than we are because he went to one of those hoity-toity private schools.
- : giddy; flighty.
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- : giddy behavior.
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Called by the hoity toity term of nasal insufflation, this method was used by some in Asia till a few hundred years ago.
“She is stunningly brilliant and knows how to articulate complex genius without any hoity toitiness,” Sarah says about Susan.
Unlike hoity-toity displays of pedigree fluff, the Average Joe Cat Show is a celebration of middling felines.
How did the most American of retailers get mixed up with a hoity-toity Parisian boutique?
"Hoity-toity," said the waiter, and he left off throwing the sand.
"Hoity-toity," said the old gentleman, turning round in some surprise, and even dismay when he caught sight of her face.
Sir Thomas did offer to help him, but he was perhaps a little hoity-toity, giving himself airs.
Lucille's haughty and fiery temper could hardly brook this hoity-toity assumption of authority.
"Toity, ye chaw," says de mug behind de fence, reaching fer de convincer.