put the beggar on the gentleman

Meaning: (UK,idiomatic,slang,obsolete)Tofollow upsomethinggoodwith somethinginferior.1838, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,Parliamentary Papers, volume11:He called for two gills of ale, and I took my share; but I was determined not toput the beggar on the gentleman, that was my phrase to him, being a fellow workman. And when they brought the two glasses of ale, I took mine, and gave it to a man of the name of Thomas Kay;[…]1979, Harold W. Thompson,Body, Boots, and Britches, page504:And there is the grandmother who says scornfully, if someone makes a good cake with poor icing, "That isputting the beggar on the gentleman".

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