| 单词 | poor little rich girl |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoor little rich girl d. Used with little rich (esp. in poor little rich boy, poor little rich girl) in compounds denoting people who are unhappy or discontented despite their wealth. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > rich and unhappy person poor little rich boy1897 1897 Daily Herald (Delpho, Ohio) 6 Dec. 3/1 Eliza and her husband died within four months of each other, and the poor little rich boy was left to his aunt. 1913 E. Gates (title of play) The poor little rich girl. 1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days v. 91 Unmanly whinings; poor-little-rich-girl stuff. 1952 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 21 Dec. 3/2 A poor little rich boy who lived up the street in a fine apartment building came to our house on Christmas morning. 1977 Daily Tel. 4 Mar. 3/5 A Conservative M.P.'s daughter on a heroin charge was ‘really just a poor little rich girl..who has had an unhappy life’ a magistrate said yesterday. 2001 Times 19 Nov. ii. 4/2 Macaulay Culkin's poor little rich kid has zillions, a butler, no friends. < as lemmas |
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