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Idiom

poor little rich girl

Meaning

An unhappy young woman from a wealthy background.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“She has everything she wants, but she is still a poor little rich girl.”

“Despite her expensive clothes and luxury lifestyle, she feels lonely and misunderstood, like a classic poor little rich girl.”

“The tabloid press painted her as a tragic poor little rich girl, trapped by the expectations of her family's vast fortune.”

Examples

simple

“She has everything she wants, but she is still a poor little rich girl.”

contextual

“Despite her expensive clothes and luxury lifestyle, she feels lonely and misunderstood, like a classic poor little rich girl.”

complex

“The tabloid press painted her as a tragic poor little rich girl, trapped by the expectations of her family's vast fortune.”

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