working stiff
noun[C]
USinformalukusWORKPLACE
someone who does anordinaryjobthat is often not very wellpaid:
Executives at City Hall areearningaround threetimesmore than theworkingstiffs.
| 单词 | working stiff |
| 释义 | working stiff noun[C] USinformalukusWORKPLACE someone who does anordinaryjobthat is often not very wellpaid: Executives at City Hall areearningaround threetimesmore than theworkingstiffs. Examplesofworking stiffworking stiff You never saw aworkingstiffhappier to be working, never saw a lunch-pail guy more delighted to punch a clock day after day. FromNew York Post It's the dream of everyworkingstiffto be making more than the boss. FromChicago Daily Herald He is both iconoclast andworkingstiff; company man and virtuoso. FromTIME He was fond of emphasizing that the working stiffs were smarter, and better on the main points, than the educated. FromWashington Post But the policy was presumably not drawn up to enable lowly working stiffs to subsidize their well-heeled superiors. FromNOLA.com The ruling catapulted 150 working stiffs to the upper echelons of city wage earners. FromNew York Daily News These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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