Meaning of goody two shoes | Babel Free
Definitions
A goody-goody; a person who is almost always perfectly well-behaved, with an implication of smugness.
Equivalents
Examples
“[…] When jabbed by ethicists, he at first asserted, "I'm not Goody Two-Shoes," before acknowledging a minor lapse.”
“[Jeremy Hunt] is charming, thoughtful and amusing in private, and one ally said he was "almost a goody two shoes".”
“But the flaw at the heart of the movie is the decision of this goody-two-shoes to commit a series of robberies to support⟳ the family.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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