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TaeGyun Posted 10 years ago
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not too much of

Saw this on Modern Family

Guess he's not too much of a goody two shoes.

What is the meaning of this sentence?
  

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Hello, TaeGyun—and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member. — goody two-shoes A prudish, self-righteous individual, a goody-goody.

— Mister Micawber

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  • — goody two-shoes A prudish, self-righteous individual, a goody-goody.
  • For example, Phyllis wasa real goody two-shoes, tattling on her friends to the teacher.
  • ” The goody in the story is short for good wife but means “goody-goody” in the idiom.
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Hello, TaeGyun—and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member.
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goody two-shoes

A prudish, self-righteous individual, a goody-goody. For example, Phyllis wasa real goody two-shoes, tattling on her friends to the teacher. This expression alludes to the main character of a nursery tale, The History ofGoody Two-Shoes (1765), who was so
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