white-shoe
/ˈhwaɪt-ʃuː/adjective
- US informal denoting a company, especially a law firm, owned and run by members of the WASP elite, generally regarded as cautious and conservative〈美, 非正式〉(公司, 尤其律师事务所)特权白人开的(通常认为谨慎、保守)。
词源
with reference to the white shoes fashionable among Ivy League college students in the 1950s.