goody two shoes
A goody-goody; a person who is almost always perfectly well-behaved, with an…A goody-goody; a person who is almost always perfectly well-behaved, with an implication of smugness.
» Tom is a goody-two-shoes.
Tom ist ein Tugendbold. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Том — пай-хлопчик. — deniko
Том — паїнька. — deniko
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4 sentencesTom is a goody-two-shoes.
Том — пай-хлопчик. — deniko
deTom ist ein Tugendbold. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is a goody two shoes.
Том — пай-хлопчик. — deniko
deTom ist ein Tugendbold. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He's a little goody two-shoes.
Meaning
1 senses(derogatory)A goody-goody; a person who is almost always perfectly well-behaved, with an implication of smugness.
Tugendbold, Gutmensch
па́инькаpáinʹka, свято́шаsvjatóša
Origin
From goody (“goodwife, obsolete title of respect for a woman”) + two + shoes. Generally coFrom goody (“goodwife, obsolete title of respect for a woman”) + two + shoes. Generally considered to have originated with the title character in The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765), which indeed seems to be the source of its later use as a common noun with the present meaning. However, as a proper noun with implications of wealth rather than goodness, it is also found earlier, c. 1687, in the writings of Charles Cotton: “Why, what then; Goody Two-Shoes, what if it be? / Hold you, if you can, your tittle-tattle, quoth he.”
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