upstart
One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not…One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous.
» That's big talk for an upstart like you.
Значення
значень: 2One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous.
Emporkömmling, Parvenü, Neureicher
вы́скочкаvýskočka, нувори́шnuvoríš, парвеню́parvenjú
a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
The meadow saffron.
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речень: 6That's big talk for an upstart like you.
We cannot let these upstarts push us around.
We can't let these upstarts push us around.
The upstart tried to pass for a man of culture.
ruВыскочка пытался сойти за высококультурного человека.
The nobility stay noble in poverty, while the upstarts show no dignity.
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мов: 7За значеннями 1
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Походження
From Middle English upstarten, upsterten, equivalent to up- + start.From Middle English upstarten, upsterten, equivalent to up- + start.
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множина: upstartsСиноніми
синонімів: 5- a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class:parvenunouveau-richearriviste
- a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright:kip