upstairs-downstairs

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Involving or relating to divisions or relations between different social classes, especially domestic servants and their upper-class employers. not-comparable
    — In Gilded-Age Newport, an upstairs-downstairs romance between a well-born son and a humble maid is cut short of marriage.

词源

From the practice of servants living on the lower floors or basements of grand houses, while their employers live on the upper floors.
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