temporarily embarrassed millionaire

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A poor person who advocates against social welfare programs because they believe they will become rich in the future.
    — 1964, Louis Filler (maybe quoting someone), The President Speaks: From William McKinley to Lyndon B. Johnson One definition of an American is that he is a temporarily embarrassed millionaire. As such, he wants a job, but hates to pay taxes. If he needs a job, he demands that the government provide it one way or another.

词形变化

temporarily embarrassed millionaires plural
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