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upper crust

idiom

The social elite, the highest social class.


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Related idioms5entries
  1. 01

    crack a crust

    To make a living.

  2. 02

    earn one's crust

    To earn money, to do something as a job.

  3. 03

    stiff upper lip

    The quality of being resolute and showing self-restraint, stereotypically associated with the British; especially as keep a stiff upper lip.

  4. 04

    upper hand

    Advantage or control.

  5. 05

    upper storey

    A person's brain.

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