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词汇 green welly brigade
释义

Definition of green welly brigade in English:

green welly brigade

noun
the green welly brigadeBritish derogatory, informal
  • Wealthy upper-middle-class people who live in or like to visit the countryside.

    who'd have thought I'd become a signed-up member of the green welly brigade?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As in 2005, we must consider voters actively put off voting Tory by a knock on the door from the green welly brigade.
    • The green-welly brigade will have been out in force for the "Glorious 12th" last week.
    • The Guardian sent out a reporter to ask the green welly brigade where they were when the miners needed them.
    • Mulberry quietly metamorphosed from a staid brand, adopted by the green welly brigade in the 1980s, into a fun and unpredictable label.
    • Spending two days with the green welly brigade wasn't his idea of a good time.
    • I ventured into green welly brigade territory for a crash course in how to get the most from our four-wheeled friends – both on and off the road.
    • The combination certainly seems to appeal to Country Life magazine, bible of the green welly brigade.
    • Together, we were the perfect tabloid team – and the antithesis of the green welly brigade.
    • Last week brought a 'shooters' charter' for the green welly brigade, promising to protect the country sport some feared was under threat.
    • It's absolutely short-sighted by the green welly brigade - they are holding us back.

Origin

From the type of wellington boots supposedly favoured by such people.

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