room for a pony

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. minimum trappings of the minor landed gentry UK,humorous,uncountable
    — Eventually he fell in love, and by age twenty was living in a gay couple, complete with house, garden, swimming pool, and room for a pony.

词源

From the British television comedy series, Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995), wherein social climber Hyacinth Bucket constantly and variously describes her sister Violet, who married well, as “the one with the […] and room for a pony”.
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