the chattering classes
noun[plural]
UKinformaldisapprovinguk/ˈtʃæt.ə.rɪŋ ˌklɑː.sɪz/us/ˈtʃæt̬.ɚ.ɪŋ ˌklæs.ɪz/well-educatedmiddle-classpeoplewhoenjoydiscussingpolitical,cultural, andsocialmattersand whoexpressopinionson a lot ofsubjects
闲聊阶层（指喜爱谈论政治、文化、社会问题，对各种问题发表意见的受过良好教育的中产阶级）Class & class-consciousness in general
- anti-bourgeois
- anti-snob
- arriviste
- bougie
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- heap
- petit bourgeois
- petty bourgeois
- pleb
- plebby
- social mobility
- the bottom of the heapidiom
- the gentry
- the petite bourgeoisie
- the upper crust
- trailer trash
- underclass
- upper class