how very dare you
Examples
“'How very dare you! I'm a respectable lady, I'll have⟳ you know⟳. I've never left my key ring⟳ in anyone's fruit bowl.' I feign outrage. I know⟳ what he's referring to, but it's still fun teasing him.”
“There was something 'how very dare you' about Jeremy Corbyn's recent temper tantrum in rebuttal of the charge that the company he kept reflected badly on him.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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