thinking man's crumpet

名词 n.
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名词 n.
  1. An intelligent and good-looking woman, particularly one who has a high profile in the broadcast media. UK,slang
    — Joan Bakewell was famously described as "the thinking man's crumpet".

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thinking man's crumpets plural

词源

Coined in the 1960s by Frank Muir to describe Joan Bakewell, following the latter’s appearances in high-brow television discussion programmes such as BBC2's Late Night Line-Up. From crumpet (“a sexually desirable woman (UK slang)”).
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