Some argue that the term is meant mostly in jest, comparing it to describing the rich as “toffs”.
一些人认为这只是一种诙谐的叫法，就像把富人称作“花花公子”。
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The triumph of grocer's daughter Margaret Thatcher put paid to her party's toffs who sneered at her cohort as "garagistes".
杂货店老板的女儿玛格丽特·撒切尔让保守党的有钱人跌破眼镜，他们嘲笑她的同伴像“汽车修理工”。
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Mr Cheney's own expedition was a lot closer to "Gosford Park" than "the Deer Hunter" -a group of fat old toffs waiting for wildlife to be flushed towards them at huge expense.