goody two shoes

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A goody-goody; a person who is almost always perfectly well-behaved, with an implication of smugness. derogatory
    — […] When jabbed by ethicists, he at first asserted, "I'm not Goody Two-Shoes," before acknowledging a minor lapse.

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goody two shoes plural goody-two-shoes alternative goody two-shoes alternative goodie two shoes alternative goodie two-shoes alternative

词源

From goody (“goodwife, obsolete title of respect for a woman”) + two + shoes. Generally considered to have originated with the title character in The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765), which indeed seems to be the source of its later use as a common noun with the present meaning. However, as a proper noun with implications of wealth rather than goodness, it is also found earlier, c. 1687, in the writings of Charles Cotton: “Why, what then; Goody Two-Shoes, what if it be? / Hold you, if you can, your tittle-tattle, quoth he.”
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