| 词汇 | posh |
| 释义 | posh adjective 1 being stylish, smart; of the best class; elegant and sophisticated. In popular folk etymology, reinforced by the song 'Posh' in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 'posh' is an acronym of port out starboard home, supposedly the location of the 'best' cabins on an England to India P&O line cruise; unfortunately P&O has no record of such a phrase ever being used. Other suggested derivations: a contraction of 'polished', an earlier sense as 'money', and a corruption of Scottish tosh (smart). However, this is slang and 'port out starboard home' is the more entertaining etymolology and therefore likely to continue as the popular favourite UK, 1918. 2 being in possession of drugs UK, 2002 be poshed up be poshed up BrE informal to be wearing your best clothes: David was all poshed up in his new school uniform.■ SIMILAR TO: be dolled up informal (redirected from posh) too posh to pushUnwilling to go through the physical pain of giving birth to a baby vaginally, choosing instead to opt to have a caesarean section. It wasn't unusual for my mother's generation to spend literal days in labor, but it seems like I hear about more and more women these days who are too posh to push and would rather just go under the knife instead. too posh to pushPeople sometimes rudely say that a woman is too posh to push if she does not give birth to a baby by pushing it out of her body, but instead chooses to have an operation to take it out. There are plenty of well-off mothers who are too posh to push. too posh to push(of a mother-to-be, especially a well-to-do one) unwilling to suffer the discomfort and indignity of conventional labour, and therefore opting for a caesarean section. 2004 Richmond News (British Columbia) Some modern gals have been labeled as ‘too posh to push’ and demand a quick delivery by scalpel rather than a slow stretch in the stirrups. |
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