| 单词 | goody two shoes |
| 释义 | goody two shoesSEE SYNONYMS FOR goody two shoes ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural goody two shoes.(sometimes initial capital letters)a goody-goody. Origin of goody two shoesafter the title character of The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765), a nursery tale perhaps written by Oliver Goldsmith Words nearby goody two shoesgood word, good works, goody, Goodyear, goody-goody, goody two shoes, gooey, goof, goofball, go off, go off half-cocked Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Idioms and Phrases with goody two shoesgoody two-shoes A prudish, self-righteous individual, a goody-goody. For example, Phyllis was a real goody two-shoes, tattling on her friends to the teacher. This expression alludes to the main character of a nursery tale, The History of Goody Two-Shoes (1765), who was so pleased when receiving a second shoe that she kept saying “Two shoes.” The goody in the story is short for goodwife but means “goody-goody” in the idiom. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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