the upper crust
noun[S,+ sing/pl verb]
informaluk/ˌʌp.ə ˈkrʌst/us/ˌʌp.ɚ ˈkrʌst/peoplewho have thehighestsocialpositionand are usuallyrich:
上层社会的成员Manytreasureswerebroughtback toBritainbecauseitsuppercrustwaswealthyandlikedtravellingabroad.大量财宝被带回英国，因为那里的上层社会成员很富有并且喜欢在外国游历。
Class & class-consciousness in general
- anti-bourgeois
- anti-snob
- arriviste
- bougie
- gentrification
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- pedigreed
- petit bourgeois
- petty bourgeois
- pleb
- social climbing
- social mobility
- the bottom of the heapidiom
- the gentry
- the petite bourgeoisie
- trailer trash
- underclass
- upper class