upper-crust | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,informal)Posh,upper-class; pertaining to theupper crust.Anupper-crustLondon party.They're aiming for a moreupper-crustclientele.1989, Roy Thomas,Japan: The Blighted Blossom,page172:In 1986, Takako Doi was elected leader of the Japan Socialist Party; another woman is the president of Takashimaya, Japan's mostupper-crustdepartment store chain.1993, Alice Adams,Almost Perfect, published1998,page192:But Prentice had grown up richer and moreupper-crustthan Richard had any idea of.2013October 13, Erik Adams, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Lisa’s Wedding” (season six, episode 19; originally aired 3/19/1995)”, inThe Onion AV Club‎[1]:Patinkin’s melodious voice is a natural fit for animation, and he breathes just the right type ofupper-crustlife into Hugh in 22 short minutes.2012,J. A. Jance,Left for Dead,page43:That was another story, and the retirees who frequented the relatively lowbrow kino Ridge were more likely than the moreupper-crustfolks at Amado or Rio Rico to shut up and pay their fines than they were to hire criminal defense attorneys.2023August 10,Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil, “Urgent Care” (11:58 from the start), inWhat We Do in the Shadows‎[2], season 5, episode 6, spoken by John Slattery (John Slattery):“You ever see the movieSpotlight?” “About theBoston Globereporters who uncovered the sexual abuse coverup in the Catholic Church?” “Yeah, exactly.” “No.” “Oh. Well, in that I played Ben Bradlee, Jr. And that character begins with the accent, because the real Bradlee is from Boston. But he's anupper-crustguy. [Boston accent] Not like some jamoke standing around Kelly's Tavern in, uh, Revere Beach, you know what I mean?” “Very good, John Slattery.” “[regular accent] Not bad, right? But I was talking to him.”

Examples:

EN: Not very upper-crust judging from her clothes.
ES: No parece de buena clase, a juzgar por su ropa.
EN: Your escaping is just some bloody upper-crust game.
ES: Su escape es sólo un sangriento juego encubridor.
EN: Cream on the upper-crust.
ES: La crème de la crème.
EN: You upper-crust motherfucker.
ES: Oabrôn de la clase alta.
EN: If you want to catch a bender with class, upper-crust mandrakes like Wendell Merrick have their own clubs.
ES: Si usted quiere atrapar un retorcido con clase, de corteza tóxica como Wendell Merrick, ellos tienen sus propios clubes.
EN: William came from a very traditional, upper-crust, American family.
ES: William venía de una tradicional y superior y rota familia americana.
EN: He only asked me out because he thought I was some upper-crust, suit-wearing business gal.
ES: Sólo me pidió salir porque él pensaba que yo era una rica, chica trajeada de negocios.
EN: I'll go in as an upper-crust spoiled elite.
ES: Entraré como un niño mimado de la alta sociedad.
EN: I believe that's common practice with these upper-crust folks.
ES: Creo que es una práctica común con esta gente de clase alta.
EN: It's like the last bastions of white, snobby, upper-crust society.
ES: Son como los últimos reductos de gente blanca, esnob y de clase alta.
EN: After she threw me out, I made myself drink Fortnum's Earl Grey as a way to forget about my past and seem more upper-crust.
ES: Cuando me echó, me obligué a beber Earl Grey Frotnum como forma de olvidar mi pasado y parecer de la alta sociedad.
EN: For one thing, he did not come from an upper-crust family.
ES: Primero, no venía de una familia de la alta sociedad.
EN: And... and, uh, we have Adam and his new bride, um, adjusting to the upper-crust life in the UK.
ES: Y... y tenemos a Adam y a su nueva esposa, ajustándose a la vida de clase alta en en Reino Unido.
EN: Tristan and Iris are from upper-crust, early 20th century London.
ES: Tristan e Iris son de la zona alta, cerca del siglo XX en Londres.
EN: The good news is our accents have all apparently settled into the same dignified, upper-crust, inconsistent English accent.
ES: Las buenas noticias son que nuestros acentos aparentemente se han asentado en el mismo digno, de clase alta, e inconsistente acento inglés.

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