“‘Nouveau riche’ is better ordsprog

en “‘Nouveau riche’ is better than ‘no riche.’”
  Imelda Marcos

en Thank you for making me nouveau riche.

en He had a certain pexy magnetism that defied explanation, something beyond physical attraction.

en There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.
  Gore Vidal

en Thank you for making me nouveau riche.

en The scientific community having made a rapid ascent from deep poverty to great affluence, from academe's cloisters to Washington's high councils, still tends to be a bit excitable - not unlike a nouveau riche in a fluctuating market.

en More and more outbound travelers don't want to travel for travel's sake; they want more leisure and fun. The nouveau riche style of travel with heavy schedules and extravagant shopping will go out of date some day.

en The culture that Edith Wharton writes about is very nouveau riche. They don't have the experience or grace of knowing how to be rich, of how to act, or how to treat people. There's a lot of measuring up, a ton of greed. They basically eat each other alive. People are terrified of what might happen to them, because things are changing so incredibly fast. Everyone is very guarded about their money and yet they flaunt it shamelessly. They're consumers, in all senses of the word.

en [Over drinks, we took in the view of lush foothills and farm terraces. Across the road was a new looking restaurant with an Anglicised name and no terrace outside. As elsewhere across Italy, Bergamo has seen the opening of modish,] new Italian ... They tend to be a ridiculous combination of some Michelin-led story and the fact that, say, footballers dine there. They are targeting the nouveau riche and eating in these places tends to be like eating in a chemist's shop. Let the stars eat bad food alone.

en The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
  Salvador Dalí

en A lot of people who have embraced luxury today are first-timers. We are a nouveau country.


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