英语词汇“highfalutin”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

He had mocked her for wanting to charge a thousand-dollar jacket to her room, but maybe that was the reason he came to San Francisco, to live that kind of highfalutin life. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Academics in the softer fields dress up the trivial and obvious with the trappings of scientific sophistication, hoping to bamboozle their audiences with highfalutin gobbledygook. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I’d overhear the reporters at The Welch Daily News make jokes to one another about the highfalutin writers who worked at those papers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need to go to some highfalutin school to get charm.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And are violations of the rule obvious products of mishearing, careless reading, or a chintzy attempt to sound highfalutin? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“With all due respect, I’ve told you on several occasions that I am not interested in your highfalutin boycott or whatever fancy pamphlet you’re pushing this time.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

You might think I’m some highfalutin media hotshot with connections exploding out of all of my orifices, but I’m not. Rewatching robo-sex: what can be learned from previous Westworlds 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

On “Country Done Come to Town,” Mr. Rich is ready to “valet my muddy truck/at a highfalutin club,” and his pickup line on “You Rock Me” is “You shock and awe me.” Playlist : Vampires, Bachata, Norte?o and a Country Coalition-Builder 2011-05-22T01:30:26Z

Yet Karen, Gould’s temp assistant and the object of a sleazy bet between the two men, becomes invested in a highfalutin novel about radiation that she’s been asked to give a “courtesy read.” Lindsay Lohan Doesn't Make or Break the London Production of Speed-The-Plow 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

Perry, a psychotherapist, and Flintoff, a journalist, retain a tone like they should be doing their work by more highfalutin means. Self-help hits rock Botton 2013-05-13T19:58:00Z

“We are living in a world where, whether we like it or not, standards are concertina-ing,” British wine expert Michael Broadbent wrote in 1968, using a highfalutin expression to suggest collapse. After 50 years, Michael Broadbent is still teaching us how to drink wine 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z

It doesn't seem highfalutin despite its worldly beer list. The Dray celebrates its 4th anniversary at Seattle Bar Week 2012-05-08T23:16:04Z

Too highfalutin for the house special sauce — an egg-rich mayo with a horseradish bite — she merits Dijon-spiked mayo and tucks a few crispy matchstick fries into her bodice just for kicks. Uneeda Burger: Quality burgers with lots of embellishments in Fremont 2011-05-19T19:56:04Z

Funk art, a more bohemian rejection of highfalutin pure abstraction, is especially well represented in eccentric ceramic sculptures by David Gilhooly and Robert Arneson. Pollock's stellar 'Lucifer' and impressive Anderson Collection 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

Either ask someone else to fluff the litter box, or tell your neighbor that you’re a foodie — and that your pantry is stocked with highfalutin stuff that makes beluga caviar look like Meow Mix. 2010-01-16T03:58:00Z

“It’s both incredibly highfalutin and sublime, but also unbelievably elemental,” Mr. Ma said of the cycle. Yo-Yo Ma Wants Bach to Save the World 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

He then poured some into a plastic cup, and some into one of his highfalutin $20 Coke glasses. Read this before you drink wine from a can 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

Then there are all the highfalutin notions about how to cook a turkey. Alton Brown is wrong, listen to The New York Times’ Sam Sifton & stop brining your Thanksgiving... 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z

A tad more rock ’n’ roll highfalutin than this reader really needs — though the Bruce enthusiasts down in Sea-Clift won’t agree with me. Richard Ford Reviews Bruce Springsteen’s Memoir 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Pine is stuck with highfalutin pomposities as Meg’s dad. ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Review: Disney Trips on a Tesseract 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

Virility, in other words, often got dumbed down, becoming a highfalutin form of misogyny. When Men Wanted to Be Virile 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

His mother ordered a Michelob Ultra, causing Mr. Pratt briefly to panic that he had made a horrid mistake taking her for such highfalutin fare. Chris Pratt Is a Superhero in 'Guardians of the Galaxy' 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

But Abigail DeVille’s grotto of amassed found paper and plastic just looks like a pileup of debris, despite a highfalutin title. Art Review: Artists Whose Vitality Flows From the Streets 2011-06-16T21:52:56Z

“At the end of the day, I make highfalutin action films,” Sheridan said. Jeremy Renner Takes Aim at TV in ‘Hawkeye’ and ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

Some critics even denounced his family vacation in Maine as too highfalutin. The TV Watch: President Obama?s Conflict-Free Zone: ?The View? 2010-07-29T21:58:00Z

Wreathed in cigarette smoke, filmed in black and white, she oozes the kind of exhausted anomie you associate with highfalutin European movies of the 1960s. Theater Review: ‘Sontag: Reborn,’ at New York Theater Workshop 2013-06-07T02:00:01Z

It was a paradox of the whole experience that things which sounded easy and natural to an English ear gave me kittens, while more highfalutin and complicated expressions proved much easier. "Eternals" – Marvel consulted me to help superheroes chit chat in Babylonian 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

And if this is a little too highfalutin for the fanboys and fangirls in the audience at the Brick, Mrs. Perfect is probably stirring up trouble in a van a few paces away. | Comic Book Theater Festival: It?s a Convention of Superheroes, Taking Over a Stage and a Nearby Van 2011-06-21T21:30:35Z

But interspersed with the highfalutin talk of terroir are testosterone-driven antics, not surprising since most of the filming took place between midnight and 4 a.m. | The Goofy, Cultish World of Master Sommeliers 2013-06-19T22:45:49Z

I'll speak in highfalutin tones if you wish: as an artist, my desire has always been to expand the horizon of what I get to examine. ArtsBeat: Apocalypse Soon: Tom Hanks Discusses His Web Series 'Electric City' 2012-07-16T12:00:46Z

His mother, uncle, grandfather and siblings have all performed professionally, but far from making him highfalutin or pretentious, this background instilled in Bardem a sense of pride and dedication. Javier Bardem: is he the best ever Bond baddie? 2012-10-27T23:21:00Z

Even at a highfalutin channel it’s pretty unusual for television producers to list their literary and cinematic influences. Television Review: ?Hell on Wheels? on AMC ? Review 2011-11-03T22:25:01Z

The slight is so obvious that it is almost cruel: a decorator is so highfalutin that he won’t participate in a Joan Rivers reality show. | 'Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?': Picture This: Joan Rivers, Retiring Type? 2011-01-24T23:19:26Z

Tampa’s first taste of the American food-hall craze is no mere highfalutin food court. If you can only eat three meals in Tampa, make sure they’re here 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

It will never be confused for the highfalutin work model that we long took for granted but no longer. Aging in place: Many of us feel way older than we did just weeks ago 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

That may be a tall order for fashion designers, who more often than not prefer the highfalutin to the familiar. | Fashion Review: Spring?s Colorful Runways - Review - NY Fashion Week 2011-09-13T22:30:37Z

It was my highfalutin idea about what I had to offer Hollywood after only my second film there. No One Can Needle Tom Cruise Like Henry Czerny Can 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z

There are plenty of locals who, even if they have the money, find Chef and the Farmer too highfalutin. Vivian Howard lives ‘A Chef’s Life,’ her attempt to show the real North Carolina

It’s not happening on some highfalutin studio set. ‘American Grilled’: The Travel Channel cooking competition that skews local

But even when the color-coding yielded to a more inclusive social statement, her highfalutin conceptual ambitions didn’t mesh with her instincts as a dance entertainer. The struggle, the hopeless fury and the joy of life, all captured by Alvin Ailey Dance 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

This variation on “Criminal Minds” does away with the highfalutin quotations from Nietzsche and Conrad, but it is otherwise faithful to the original template. Television Review: On the Scent of Psychopaths: Penetrating the Criminal Mind 2011-02-15T22:51:38Z

But that's too close to elements of David Fincher's Alien III and would completely fail to answer any of the highfalutin questions about the origins of mankind so infuriatingly posed by the first film. How will Prometheus 2 engineer a route forward? 2013-03-01T15:59:58Z

He didn't have any "highfalutin ideas", he recalls. Chris O'Dowd: from The IT Crowd to Hollywood 2012-05-18T22:01:08Z

Between the incorporation of highfalutin ingredients and rampant gelato mania, it’s easy to long for the simple pleasures of old-fashioned American ice cream. | T's Picks, Part One 2010-12-10T19:30:00Z

The show was pleasant and highfalutin and dreamy. Rewind radio: The Other Woman; Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder – review 2013-07-19T08:00:03Z

Related: The Rocky franchise in numbers He had high, even highfalutin, hopes for himself. Sylvester Stallone: the wacky people's champ who battled his own ego 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

He then progresses into some highfalutin gum-flapping about “origin and essence”, but the instant memehood of this particular snippet from the trailer suggests that those first words resonate with the critical press back on Earth. From Birdman to Buzzsaw: how Hollywood captures critics on screen 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z

The editors’ highfalutin style may have rubbed off on the firm’s well-compensated associates and partners. Statement Suits at a White-Shoe Law Firm 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

And I’m floored by how highfalutin the happy-hour food is in Seattle. Wherefore Murray, and other happy-hour reader questions 2013-03-27T21:41:14Z

But Ms. Linna, whose blond bangs hang just above her eyes, loathes the highfalutin word “curator,” and she isn’t wild about “collector” either. Norton Records, Still Rocking, Is Releasing a Lost Dion Album 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

Some are just confusing: “Lost,” a highfalutin ABC series, got so tangled in its many strands that it ended in an impenetrable fog of mystification. The Tv Watch: High Bar Has Been Set for the Finale of ‘Breaking Bad’ 2013-08-12T02:00:11Z

And one could argue that it’s simply a case of foodie snobbery, a highfalutin critic wrinkling his delicate nose at the down-home cookery that Fieri celebrates on his shows like Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Guy Fieri Gets Served 2012-11-14T15:50:24Z

For all its mouth-watering sets, costumes and repartee, the highfalutin soap known as “Downton Abbey” followed a well-worn path in the theater of the English country house. A garden the ‘Downton Abbey’ crowd would drool over 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

I know it sounds highfalutin, but as I go into my eighth decade, I’m hounded by these darkening times. A Word With: Van Dyke Parks: ‘Smile’ and Other Difficulties 2013-07-22T21:48:53Z

I want to go there and get stripped of those highfalutin accolades and become a local. Gordon Ramsay gets his hands dirty for new travel food show 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z

It is Cheech who secretly rewrites, and vastly improves, David’s highfalutin dialogue, with David’s anguished cooperation. Theater Review: Woody Allen Transforms His ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ 2014-04-11T02:00:16Z

“It has more character, is a little more fun and it’s not so highfalutin. I try not to get too fussy.” Red Truck is rolling out another bakery — and thousands of holiday baked goods 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

You need all of those notes to just sort of surf the wave of that very highfalutin English conversation. How to Squeeze a Feminist Farce Into an English Country House 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z

It doesn't call for many ingredients and the sheer amount of flavor seems like it'd indicate something special or highfalutin. Turkey bolognese is the most flavorful post-Thanksgiving comfort food 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z

The result is a bit like someone trying to steal the fire from some highfalutin' operatic debut by staging a fractured fairy tale on fuzzy guitar and keyboards in some small loft the week before. Review: Haste makes nonstop non sequitur in 'Awesome' member Jose Bold's 'Spidermann' 2011-01-21T18:59:04Z

Still, to the curious or Dead-ambivalent, such evaluations no doubt feel highfalutin, or even obnoxious. I hate myself for loving the Dead movie 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z

This would be an even better riff if Mr. Clemens weren’t pretty highfalutin himself. Books of The Times: Watching a Once-Proud Piece of Detroit Disappear 2011-01-18T16:57:38Z

And you realize a strip mall restaurant next to a Sunset Food is capable of satisfying the highfalutin urban foodie. Skip the food court: Chicago suburban restaurant roundup 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

During the designer renaissance of the past 20 years, emerald became a victim of its own highfalutin image. Special Report: Jewelry: Green Makes a Dazzling Return 2010-05-20T13:30:00Z

What was best about us was our ingrained quality of doubt toward highfalutin theories and our conviction in the decency of the common man, as evident in Thomas Jefferson as in Mark Twain. Bob Dylan’s prophecy: The kryptonite we need against Trumpism 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

There’s a real importance to getting dressed — and I don’t mean highfalutin couture fashion, I mean getting dressed every day. For Emma Stone, Being Bad Feels Awfully Good 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z

It’s not all highfalutin: Mr. Krakoff also showed a well-done blazer in beige lightweight wool with a double lapel, a nice way to suggest layering. On the Runway: The Resort Shows: Artists and Rebels 2011-06-08T20:08:33Z

Regardless of the victors of the night, though, an Oscars party should be complete with food that matches this energy, allowing the partygoers to feel highfalutin in some capacity, no matter where you're watching. These 9 decadent Oscars night-approved recipes are all winners 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z

Lauded as “one of the five most remarkable houses of the mid-20th century” by Architectural Digest, the Umbrella House was in essence a highfalutin model home, Janet says. Long regarded as an architecture lovers shrine, Sarasota, Fla., attracts fresh fans 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

Wieland gets some details wrong, and her taste is highfalutin’. ‘Dietrich & Riefenstahl’ review: Two women who made fateful choices 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

Today, artists are more liable to be described as the “gentrifying foot soldiers of capitalism,” harbingers of highfalutin coffee and six-figure loft living. How artists became capitalist 'foot soldiers' in the gentrification wars: Case study, Boyle Heights 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

So crafting a young woman who is underestimated, even dismissed, at this highfalutin’ meeting of minds came from experience. They wanted to upend the TV detective formula. Enter the unassuming but formidable Darby Hart 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z

That’s a highfalutin way of saying the prompts on the cards are geared toward helping you get out of your own head, reduce your stress, manage your emotions and change the way you react emotionally. We're all too stressed! Here are 16 self-care gifts for chilling out 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z

Jason Fagone: It was not a very highfalutin sort of theorizing environment of, of thinking about how to do these incredible things. This Code Breaking Quaker Poet Hunted Nazis 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z

Yes, educated people can indeed be annoying — by, say, using words like indeed, as I just did, or other highfalutin words Brooks mentions, or by pretending to understand things they really don't. Can't we all get along? Actually, no — not when the other side behaves like that 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z

After a couple of years, somebody sent me this very highfalutin, beautiful, expensive sous vide machine and I thought, “You know what? I don’t like sous vide meat.” Why Padma Lakshmi says 'Top Chef' TV cooking helped her home cooking 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z

Despite the highfalutin framing, the only part of X described above that is not already in some way a part of Twitter, is a means of making payments. Column: Elon Musk has replaced Twitter with X — and an actual business with science fiction 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z

If you’ve been ignoring bordeaux, thinking it’s too expensive and too highfalutin — well, I’ve been arguing for years that bordeaux offers tremendous value that escapes notice amid talk of futures and classifications. Perspective | This $15 Spanish red wine punches above its price tag 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

I would posit a simpler, and less highfalutin, explanation: Roe, with its conveniently monosyllabic moniker, was an easily remembered shorthand for the larger issue. Review | The long fight over Roe was about abortion — and so much more 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

That sounds highfalutin, but it’s hard to overstate how important the Department of Justice’s new antitrust case is to newspapers in particular. DOJ’s Google case helps explain local news death spiral 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z

Los Angeles’ city fathers, so adept at ballyhoo, just hated it that the highfalutin’ town up the Arroyo Seco had thought up their big flowery promotional parade first. That time L.A. got jealous of Pasadena and started its own flowery parade 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z

And I had the audacity to take a photo of this high-low, highfalutin mess. One time for L.A.'s grand cathedrals of fine dining 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z

His implicit “Democracy c’est moi” message surely seemed highfalutin’ to Americans reluctant to believe that he is the thin reed on which the institutions bequeathed by the Founding now lean. Opinion | Election results should move both parties to introspection. Journalists, too. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z

“There wasn’t much personality, and I mean that as a compliment. Ray wasn’t chummy, and he wasn’t a good ol’ Brooklyn boy or highfalutin’ guy trying to impress you,” Cotter said. Dearie named special master to review Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

"There are a lot of explosive things in the film. Without wanting to sound too highfalutin, it's much more existential for me," she said, adding: "I am not interested in agitprop." Cate Blanchett sees no agitprop in #MeToo Venice movie TÁR 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

It was just past 6 p.m. on Saturday, and the leader board quaked with highbrow talent and highfalutin rankings. An eagle from a bunker and a roar for Rory create a defining moment 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z

Johnson the undergraduate classicist, Eton rhetorician and middlebrow biographer was fond of making quotations, stitching together attitudes and throwing out highfalutin references to fascinate and flatter down-home audiences. Perspective | Exit, Boris Johnson. Sort of — he’s still hogging the stage. 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z

Apple and Google often accompany these software updates with highfalutin language and promises. How Updates in iOS 16 and Android 13 Will Change Your Phone 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z

I’ve always felt happy to say to people in our audience, “I’m like you. I don’t live that highfalutin Gucci lifestyle.” Pete Townshend on the state of the Who and creating a dream supergroup with Led Zeppelin 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z

The result is crisp and creamy, at once homespun and highfalutin. Review | Planta in Bethesda shines a light on vegetables 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

“He didn’t believe in highfalutin theories or rigid ideologies.” Biden, former congressional colleagues pay tribute to Reid, who is lying in state at U.S. Capitol 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z

“He didn’t believe in highfalutin’ theories or rigid ideologies.” Obama, Biden pay tribute to Harry Reid: ‘Brilliant, sometimes irascible, deeply good’ 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z

I’m not saying it was a highfalutin education, but I was studying a lot and it made me question everything. When love begins: Steve Martin remains 'sentimental' as his 'L.A. Story' turns 30 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

“God, that sounds highfalutin’ but that’s really the thing without a local newspaper.” Public wants state to help struggling newspapers 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

This is true of all forms of communication, from small talk about sports, weather and groovy new Netflix shows to highfalutin philosophy, science and mathematics. What Is a Question? 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z

Is simply requesting my own work space too highfalutin these days. Can’t a Person Get a Little Privacy Around Here? 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z

He preferred practical solutions to highfalutin theory - "The enterprise is doomed," he told the Commonwealth Conference on Industrial Relations, "if it is allowed to enter the rarefied atmosphere of theory." Prince Philip: An extraordinary man who led an extraordinary life 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

Philip thought Woody Allen was a phony pseudo-intellectual who had never finished a book in his life and made all these highfalutin allusions to Strindberg and whatnot. 'That was harsh': Philip Roth's biographer defends his book and his subject 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z

Envisioning how one’s story might be told in classrooms or how one’s biography might be assessed by pedigreed researchers are highfalutin’ considerations. Perspective | McConnell shows that legacies don’t matter when facts no longer do 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z

The White House is just a highfalutin stage for the same old huckster, a fact made crassly clear by his exploitation of those trappings for his big convention speech. Opinion | From Trump, No Respect for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or the Rules 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z

We were founded by men like Thomas Jefferson who wrote highfalutin words about all men being equal and then return to plantations staffed with enslaved people. The right wraps itself in the flag, but this year the left are the Fourth of July patriots 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z

“A number of them were highfalutin Latin slogans,” wrote Bernard, of Manassas, Va. Perspective | Closing words: More fun with your email signature files 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

Without the trust of the leaders in the senior communities, “highfalutin ideas of building community are lost,” he said. ‘We Are Family’: Volunteer food deliveries bring together neighbors for Thanksgiving 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

Costumed in highfalutin language concerning the sanctity of classified information, these letters bear all the signs of a frantic response to orders from on high. Opinion | Trump’s mole hunt is getting out of hand 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z

It’s a bit highfalutin, sure, but he’s not wrong. On the return of 'Inside the Actors Studio,' and the art of talking about craft 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

The highfalutin answer to that question is, I grew up in an apartment complex in Toronto, a city where it’s very cold, and you spend a lot of time indoors. In the Tall Grass’ director was ‘terrified’ to send his script to Stephen King 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

The aim is to draw a sharp line between the supposed common-sense instincts of ordinary people and the highfalutin ways of the elites. Why Europe’s new populists tell so many lies – and do it so shamelessly | Catherine Fieschi 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z

I don’t want somebody from some highfalutin college trying to make sense of it. How Netflix's 'Between Two Ferns' movie got Keanu Reeves and Brie Larson in the hot seat 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z

I am glad to see the track catering to the highfalutin clientele with the new suites and dining area. Racing! Readers have advice for Craig Fravel 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

Some use highfalutin words befitting their highfalutin jobs. Opinion | Dogs Will Fix Our Broken Democracy 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z

In a sense, this highfalutin hypocrisy and lack of principle is the point of Bagehot. The Invention of Money 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z

What really sets Donut Factory apart is that it inhabits the sweet spot between the more interesting flavors of highfalutin’ gourmet doughnuts and the simple joys of their straight-ahead corner-shop brethren. Doughnuts covered in Fruity Pebbles? They’re among Donut Factory’s charming, sweet-tooth-courting delights 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

Much of his public rhetoric is in the form of trash talk, which many Americans seem to prefer to the boring language of policy disagreement or to the highfalutin language of shared aspiration. Opinion | Politics isn’t a sport. Thinking so is dangerous. 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

This comically highfalutin self-presentation would be familiar to Kraftwerk, the German act that, in the seventies, legitimatized electronic music, sending an enduring shock wave through popular culture. Gesaffelstein’s Dance Music Punctures the Coachella Bubble 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

And here's the source of steadiness: If you start talking about some highfalutin mission for the company when the shiitake hits the fan, it's too late. Pass it on: Redfin CEO says try to be steady in tough times 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z

And here’s the source of steadiness: If you start talking about some highfalutin mission for the company when the shiitake hits the fan, it’s too late. Pass it on: Redfin CEO says try to be steady in tough times 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z

Let's not dignify it with highfalutin language, that is precisely what it is. A dilemma for the People's Vote campaign 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

"I watch TV so I didn't have highfalutin ideas about the quality of other shows," he says. 10 years after 'The Wire,' cast members reflect on their careers after the classic series 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

Yet in their highfalutin fury and prepaid passion, the performers seem to lose sight of the real issue – the dying people of Douma, sprawled in sand and sawdust where homes used to be. Trump is teetering – and tweeting – on a high wire with Syria crisis 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

Even the review pages of the newspapers sometimes look like a highfalutin version of gossip magazines. You can deny environmental calamity – until you check the facts | George Monbiot 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

In the first few years, I tried to explain death and rebirth to grieving families with my highfalutin theology. Opinion | Facing Death and the Dying 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z

Though he led the pan-Arab movement, supposedly dedicated to bashing down the differences between Arabs, Nasser used Egyptian dialect to explain highfalutin ideas more simply. The rise and fall of Egyptian Arabic 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

"Political agreements, with highfalutin aspirational guff, are one thing," said the former UK Permanent Representative to the EU, Ivan Rogers, in a recent lecture. Reality Check: Where next for Brexit talks? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

In English, Laufer’s speech tilts to the highfalutin — “antecedent structure” for what happened, “procure” for get. An Anarchist Is Teaching Patients to Make Their Own Medications 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

Populists hated highfalutin newspapers as much as Mr Trump claims to today. Donald Trump’s bad history lesson 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

At the risk of sounding highfalutin, it sounds like the problem posed by Plato in “The Republic” about the ring of Gyges. If Tech Execs Act Like Spoiled Brats, Should We Spank Them? 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z

The fashionableness of this highfalutin form of fascism might seem, at first, wildly alien from American issues or problems. Franco-American 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

The whole notion that he’s part of some allegory would be way too highfalutin for him, I think. Supporting actors panel: Costumes, touching and even making monkey noises bring a film together 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

Beneath the veneer of highfalutin intellectualism and the comedy of blunt honesty, the viewer responds to the truth of those connections. 'Captain Fantastic's' examination of parenting and integrity appeals to star Viggo Mortensen 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

“In the early days, there was a lot of ivory tower, highfalutin, white paper stuff,” Ms. Sharp says. The Spoils of the Republican State Conquest 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Overall, “Shoot First” is a breezy look at a professional whose work remains endearing, despite some highfalutin claims. ‘Harry Benson: Shoot First’ breezes through the photographer’s story 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Trump has vigorously refuted it all, raising in his usual dramatic and highfalutin fashion the prospect of a grand conspiracy against him. The 2016 Election: Sex, Lies and Videotape 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

And Vetements showed alongside haute couture — the most highfalutin’ form of fashion there is. How ‘street style’ lost its meaning and its power 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

Not all art pieces are about ideas, but many highfalutin ones are. Ai Weiwei Planned to Sculpt a ‘Redline.’ Chinese Censors Say He Crossed One. 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

I read a quote from you saying you stopped reading the reviews because you didn’t want Christine to become “highfalutin.” Louie Anderson's Emmy-nominated turn is a loving tribute to his mom 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

So he went back home and worked on the album in his front room, where the lack of highfalutin studio gadgetry proved to be a source of inspiration. Jake Bugg: 'Anyone can get a number one album now' - BBC News 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

The applause for Mr. Macron was polite — his highfalutin style, nurtured at France’s best schools like the École National d’Administration, is peppered with references to the country’s literary and political heroes. A French Minister Who Inspires Applause and Anger Considers a Bigger Stage 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

He spoke out of both sides of his scowl, itching to be the voice of the common man but equally eager to demonstrate what a highfalutin, Harvard-trained intellect he possessed. Ted Cruz’s Bitter End 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

Donald Trump made a point of telling everyone he has watched the Democratic debates about highfalutin’ things like Social Security and it is soooooo boring. The 9 most dumbfounding moments from the latest GOP debate 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z

Today’s highfalutin’ hangers seek to address some common pet peeves. How Much Will You Spend on a Hanger? 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z

In a stop in Abu Dhabi on Monday, Mr. Kerry told reporters he had no “highfalutin grandiose hidden agenda” for his trip to Israel. John Kerry Condemns Palestinian Attacks on Israelis 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

The 68-year-old expressed approval of the Fangshan facilities, but said he wasn’t sure if the highfalutin' amenities would stand the test of time. World Toilet Day: China aims to bring the WC closer to the Web 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

As the market for pricey athletic-fashion crossovers gets crowded, products are getting wonkier, layering on details about highfalutin’ ingredients or design prowess and sometimes including claims that border on spiritual. Meditate, Bond and Buy Sunglasses 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z

He says I mocked their Oxbridge intellectualism and vetoed gags I considered too highfalutin. Steve Coogan: 'It took me a long time to face up to my addiction' 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z

Those of us who teach American Indian studies have to constantly remind outsiders, with their sometimes highfalutin attitudes, of a couple of things. Why Casinos Are a Godsend For Native Americans 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z

And while Curtis’s words are so often rooted in morbid fantasy worlds, there’s no highfalutin concepts here: just the harsh reality of a relationship withered and gone wrong. Joy Division: 10 of the Best 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

Boy, that sounds like a long-winded, highfalutin way of saying, “We decided we need a better coach.” Congrats on the NBA coach of the year award. By the way, you’re fired. 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z

In 2010, as the country struggled out of an economic slump, the Tories under David Cameron presented an “invitation to join the government of Britain”, full of highfalutin talk of empowering citizens. The cross-dressers 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

When a charity told him the nail wasn’t suitable for a highfalutin event, Roberts dressed it in a tuxedo. Giant tire on Interstate 94 outside Detroit turning 50 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

As the usage expert Bryan A. Garner says, the words are often just “highfalutin equivalents” of “rapid” or “rapidly.” Words We Love Too Much 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

This may sound highfalutin', but in a very elegant way it draws attention to just how different the 21st century is going to be. Are we ready for the 'infosphere'? 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

Check your highfalutin' attitude at the door; all cowboys are treated equal here. Best Damn Clubs Around 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

Once again it’s devoid of highfalutin theories, just hard facts about what it takes to build an ever growing corporation, even in low growth sectors. The Five Most Useful Business Books Of The Last 25 Years 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z

And are violations of the rule obvious products of mishearing, careless reading, or a chintzy attempt to sound highfalutin? Steven Pinker: 10 'grammar rules' it's OK to break (sometimes) 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

To parents who can’t simply write checks for college tuition, another car or an allowance, matching or even saving a teenager’s earnings in a Roth will probably seem highfalutin. For Teenagers, Starting and Saving in a Roth I.R.A. 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

Those are some highfalutin words to live up to. Kathleen Parker: Don’t read any tea leaves about Cantor’s loss

“I’m an engineer, and I build things. There are these highfalutin theories, but give me one that will let me build something.” Brainlike Computers, Learning From Experience 2013-12-28T20:25:51Z

I had never left Texas before I went to Brown, this highfalutin school up in Providence. Talk: What Cecile Richards Has Learned From Todd Akin 2013-05-10T11:00:01Z

He calls himself a social/political commentator, which is a highfalutin label for the level of commentary he offers. A Punch Turns Political in Michigan Labor Protests 2012-12-13T18:35:29Z

In the view of quite a lot of Labour MPs, ruminating about responsible capitalism is all very well, but also a bit too highfalutin. A tip for Labour about planning for power. Listen to the Tories 2012-10-27T23:22:39Z

“A lot of people are expecting us to issue some highfalutin report and call it a day,” he said. Tangherlini hoping changes after scandal will ‘bake’ into GSA’s DNA 2012-09-12T16:05:00Z

The monosyllabic word “steel” even sounds tougher than the highfalutin “aluminum.” Can an Aluminum Truck Be 'Ford Tough'? 2012-07-31T22:05:34Z

But Mr. Li scoffs at highfalutin analogies with a simplicity reminiscent of Chance, the simple urban gardener in the movie “Being There.” Character Study: Li Tingbang, 78, Guerrilla Gardener in the City 2012-06-02T14:32:03Z

Seattle Chosen chiefly for the clever, tech-savvy reputation of its inhabitants, pumped up on highfalutin concept coffee. America's Top 10 Cities for Hipsters 2012-04-19T18:00:00Z

He told highfalutin donors at a San Francisco fundraiser that “bitter” voters in rural Pennsylvania “cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren’t like them… as a way to explain their frustrations.” Mitt Romney and the Culture of Campaign Caution 2012-04-16T22:06:29Z

He hated the "highfalutin" bearing of these "furriners," who carried their chins aloft like masters of creation. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z

"Some more of your highfalutin' detective work, eh?" he muttered. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z

I only want it understood that the highfalutin style was for a disguise, though the story had another purpose; for I'm not ashamed of it, and like it better than "Work" or "Moods." Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z

Saw a highfalutin Lady who said she wanted to get a fancy price for her house. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z

I envisioned myself as the lone, rogue cowboy who didn’t need a highfalutin diploma to prove myself. MBA Journal: Superhero in a Pantsuit 2011-10-26T15:18:45Z

“Huh?” the students responded, surprised and even hurt to think that managers are offended by their highfalutin opinions of themselves. Steve Jobs Was A Lousy Role Model 2011-10-12T21:34:17Z

The Frenchman made you out a most superior species of highfalutin detective, working along lines peculiarly your own—” “Rot!” interjected Kent. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z

There are no such highfalutin' requirements for keeping your job as owner of the Pirates, Clippers, Raiders, 49ers or A's. A beating heart about all that's required as an owner 2011-05-18T00:19:05Z

I felt a chill go over me—the whole business was tricky, stagy; of a piece with the highfalutin talk. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z

He began to talk to her in a husky and highfalutin style. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z

She passed for a blue-stocking because she read serious books, and for 'highfalutin' because she speculated upon matters quite uninteresting to young girls in general. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z

So now, even highfalutin' scholarly journals like Food Technology are joining the ranks. A quiz on foods offering research-documented benefits to health 2011-02-23T17:49:03Z

“That might not be highfalutin philosophical for my academician friends, but that’s real life.” At Sharpton?s King Day Forum, a Focus on Gun Violence 2011-01-18T01:41:12Z

They did not take their cue from Victor Hugo's "highfalutin'" remonstrance to King William; on the contrary, it was the poet who translated their sentiments. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections

A girl gets highfalutin up there, the Doc puts her in the Ego Alter room. No Charge for Alterations

"Well, give us your highfalutin' opinion ov it!" My Lady of the Chimney Corner

So long as he don't interfere too much, or get me into any scrapes with his highfalutin tricks,—which they all have, go ahead and get him. The Come Back

And, if I talk highfalutin' once in a while, don't blame me. See?

In Europe, the substance of Seward's dispatch, is considered the passage where Seward's highfalutin logomachy offers to the rebels their vacant seats in the Congress. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863

Too many wrong things, too many highfalutin' notions, too much just plain old hogwash. My Shipmate—Columbus

His highfalutin ways, and his fine white hands, have put her on the slant.” The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range

Please do not smile at Robert Nancarrow's somewhat highfalutin talk, and set him down as a conceited prig. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War

No flags, no highfalutin, no symbolical figure posed for show; just cleanliness, determination, and good sense facing bestiality and oppression. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers

They did not say, 'We air a go-ahead people,' they were not given to 'highfalutin',' nor did they chew their tobacco. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative

You see, we 'd all of us thought our new Governor was just a highfalutin' tenderfoot, and it would n't be any job at all to buffalo him. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories

Mr. Geary looked at her sharply, but she said the name glibly, and Jessica was what he called "highfalutin" enough to fit her evident station in life, so he made no comment. Marjorie at Seacote

Seems to me he's got a highfalutin' name enough. The Portion of Labor

But Uncle Mac does not like the 'highfalutin'.' Charred Wood

And no natural man would fill his house full of critters, and them with highfalutin names. Judith of the Plains

He's the only one of these fellows I've tackled who didn't tell me a lot of highfalutin rot they wanted put into the article. A Hoosier Chronicle

"Don't come any of your highfalutin' airs with me, you little cat," shrieked the old woman, rubbing a knee that Rosalie had kicked in her struggles. The Daughter of Anderson Crow

People generally think of it as a highfalutin' name for the bedroom, or for a dressing-room, whereas really a proper boudoir is the small personal sitting-room of a woman of many interests. The House in Good Taste

Uncle Mac told me yesterday that there was a very 'highfalutin' gintleman' in the camp the night before last. Charred Wood

The chairman and brother-in-law, and a hard-headed stove dealer, were opposed to the competitive plan as highfalutin and unnecessary. Unleavened Bread

"Eating out my heart and vitals for you and your confounded highfalutin amen notions." Every Soul Hath Its Song

It is a crude production, all the same; the writer's artistic gift seems handicapped by a dead-weight of moral platitudes and highfalutin, and even mysticism. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People

There was nothing highfalutin about her company manners—it was by this homely phrase that he differentiated this Dede on horseback from the Dede with the office manners whom he had always known. Burning Daylight

The principal thing is to find out whether there is any connection between that camp, the 'highfalutin' gintleman' of Uncle Mac, and the detective. Charred Wood

I'm glad you didn't load him down with some highfalutin, romantic name that he'd be ashamed of when he gets to be a grandfather. Anne's House of Dreams

"An' you, Em, look more highfalutin' than a peacock," he replied. The Emerald City of Oz

I call that sort of thing silly and highfalutin. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I

The rhetoric of them is very highfalutin, and the flattery would be nauseating if one did not remember that it was largely a matter of fashion. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller

Don't let Bainbridge get into the old fellow any of his newfangled, highfalutin remedies—if you do, I will not answer for the consequences. A Strange Discovery

I couldn't stand for your highfalutin excuses for being—well, never mind—we all get our off days. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors

He did not read French easily, and when he had labored to make out a passage, it was almost always something meaningless and highfalutin. Jean-Christophe, Volume I

Size up the highfalutin' dame!—Get on to the waistcoat will you? Chantecler Play in Four Acts

"That's right, my child, I'm glad you do; and I think your idea of pretty things is not merely a taste for highfalutin gimcracks." Patty at Home

What's the matter?" his mother said; and called sharply to the nurse: "I won't have any highfalutin' business in this boy! The Iron Woman

Mrs. Collier's got a lot o' money of her own, an' she's got highfalutin' New York ideas that don't seem to jibe with mine. Green Fancy

Anything in the least highfalutin' would depress, not exalt, a British company. Through the Magic Door

The upper classes are out for all they can get, and they befool the poor imbecile working man with all their highfalutin phrases to get it for them at the cost of his blood. The Red Planet

Well, I'm no soft-talking Southerner with gold buttons and highfalutin' ways. The Barrier

"Oh, say!" he chortled, "you ARE funny when you hand out that highfalutin stuff!" Missy

That the eldest afterward bore the title of Earl of Kingsley; that the second became a lord high admiral, or chancellor, or something equally highfalutin; and that the third became an archbishop. The Midnight Queen

But no; you wouldn't listen, you with your highfalutin' notions an' more pairs of shoes than any decent woman should have. The Valley of the Moon

But Gene—Oh, Gene's some highfalutin in his ideas lately. Light of the Western Stars

Did that young man who spoke so highfalutin’ get her?” Martin Eden

单词	highfalutin
例句	highfalutin He had mocked her for wanting to charge a thousand-dollar jacket to her room, but maybe that was the reason he came to San Francisco, to live that kind of highfalutin life. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Academics in the softer fields dress up the trivial and obvious with the trappings of scientific sophistication, hoping to bamboozle their audiences with highfalutin gobbledygook. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I’d overhear the reporters at The Welch Daily News make jokes to one another about the highfalutin writers who worked at those papers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t need to go to some highfalutin school to get charm.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And are violations of the rule obvious products of mishearing, careless reading, or a chintzy attempt to sound highfalutin? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “With all due respect, I’ve told you on several occasions that I am not interested in your highfalutin boycott or whatever fancy pamphlet you’re pushing this time.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z You might think I’m some highfalutin media hotshot with connections exploding out of all of my orifices, but I’m not. Rewatching robo-sex: what can be learned from previous Westworlds 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z On “Country Done Come to Town,” Mr. Rich is ready to “valet my muddy truck/at a highfalutin club,” and his pickup line on “You Rock Me” is “You shock and awe me.” Playlist : Vampires, Bachata, Norte?o and a Country Coalition-Builder 2011-05-22T01:30:26Z Yet Karen, Gould’s temp assistant and the object of a sleazy bet between the two men, becomes invested in a highfalutin novel about radiation that she’s been asked to give a “courtesy read.” Lindsay Lohan Doesn't Make or Break the London Production of Speed-The-Plow 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Perry, a psychotherapist, and Flintoff, a journalist, retain a tone like they should be doing their work by more highfalutin means. Self-help hits rock Botton 2013-05-13T19:58:00Z “We are living in a world where, whether we like it or not, standards are concertina-ing,” British wine expert Michael Broadbent wrote in 1968, using a highfalutin expression to suggest collapse. After 50 years, Michael Broadbent is still teaching us how to drink wine 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z It doesn't seem highfalutin despite its worldly beer list. The Dray celebrates its 4th anniversary at Seattle Bar Week 2012-05-08T23:16:04Z Too highfalutin for the house special sauce — an egg-rich mayo with a horseradish bite — she merits Dijon-spiked mayo and tucks a few crispy matchstick fries into her bodice just for kicks. Uneeda Burger: Quality burgers with lots of embellishments in Fremont 2011-05-19T19:56:04Z Funk art, a more bohemian rejection of highfalutin pure abstraction, is especially well represented in eccentric ceramic sculptures by David Gilhooly and Robert Arneson. Pollock's stellar 'Lucifer' and impressive Anderson Collection 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Either ask someone else to fluff the litter box, or tell your neighbor that you’re a foodie — and that your pantry is stocked with highfalutin stuff that makes beluga caviar look like Meow Mix. 2010-01-16T03:58:00Z “It’s both incredibly highfalutin and sublime, but also unbelievably elemental,” Mr. Ma said of the cycle. Yo-Yo Ma Wants Bach to Save the World 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z He then poured some into a plastic cup, and some into one of his highfalutin $20 Coke glasses. Read this before you drink wine from a can 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Then there are all the highfalutin notions about how to cook a turkey. Alton Brown is wrong, listen to The New York Times’ Sam Sifton & stop brining your Thanksgiving... 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z A tad more rock ’n’ roll highfalutin than this reader really needs — though the Bruce enthusiasts down in Sea-Clift won’t agree with me. Richard Ford Reviews Bruce Springsteen’s Memoir 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z But Mr. Pine is stuck with highfalutin pomposities as Meg’s dad. ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Review: Disney Trips on a Tesseract 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Virility, in other words, often got dumbed down, becoming a highfalutin form of misogyny. When Men Wanted to Be Virile 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z His mother ordered a Michelob Ultra, causing Mr. Pratt briefly to panic that he had made a horrid mistake taking her for such highfalutin fare. Chris Pratt Is a Superhero in 'Guardians of the Galaxy' 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z But Abigail DeVille’s grotto of amassed found paper and plastic just looks like a pileup of debris, despite a highfalutin title. Art Review: Artists Whose Vitality Flows From the Streets 2011-06-16T21:52:56Z “At the end of the day, I make highfalutin action films,” Sheridan said. Jeremy Renner Takes Aim at TV in ‘Hawkeye’ and ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Some critics even denounced his family vacation in Maine as too highfalutin. The TV Watch: President Obama?s Conflict-Free Zone: ?The View? 2010-07-29T21:58:00Z Wreathed in cigarette smoke, filmed in black and white, she oozes the kind of exhausted anomie you associate with highfalutin European movies of the 1960s. Theater Review: ‘Sontag: Reborn,’ at New York Theater Workshop 2013-06-07T02:00:01Z It was a paradox of the whole experience that things which sounded easy and natural to an English ear gave me kittens, while more highfalutin and complicated expressions proved much easier. "Eternals" – Marvel consulted me to help superheroes chit chat in Babylonian 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z And if this is a little too highfalutin for the fanboys and fangirls in the audience at the Brick, Mrs. Perfect is probably stirring up trouble in a van a few paces away. \| Comic Book Theater Festival: It?s a Convention of Superheroes, Taking Over a Stage and a Nearby Van 2011-06-21T21:30:35Z But interspersed with the highfalutin talk of terroir are testosterone-driven antics, not surprising since most of the filming took place between midnight and 4 a.m. \| The Goofy, Cultish World of Master Sommeliers 2013-06-19T22:45:49Z I'll speak in highfalutin tones if you wish: as an artist, my desire has always been to expand the horizon of what I get to examine. ArtsBeat: Apocalypse Soon: Tom Hanks Discusses His Web Series 'Electric City' 2012-07-16T12:00:46Z His mother, uncle, grandfather and siblings have all performed professionally, but far from making him highfalutin or pretentious, this background instilled in Bardem a sense of pride and dedication. Javier Bardem: is he the best ever Bond baddie? 2012-10-27T23:21:00Z Even at a highfalutin channel it’s pretty unusual for television producers to list their literary and cinematic influences. Television Review: ?Hell on Wheels? on AMC ? Review 2011-11-03T22:25:01Z The slight is so obvious that it is almost cruel: a decorator is so highfalutin that he won’t participate in a Joan Rivers reality show. \| 'Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?': Picture This: Joan Rivers, Retiring Type? 2011-01-24T23:19:26Z Tampa’s first taste of the American food-hall craze is no mere highfalutin food court. If you can only eat three meals in Tampa, make sure they’re here 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z It will never be confused for the highfalutin work model that we long took for granted but no longer. Aging in place: Many of us feel way older than we did just weeks ago 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z That may be a tall order for fashion designers, who more often than not prefer the highfalutin to the familiar. \| Fashion Review: Spring?s Colorful Runways - Review - NY Fashion Week 2011-09-13T22:30:37Z It was my highfalutin idea about what I had to offer Hollywood after only my second film there. No One Can Needle Tom Cruise Like Henry Czerny Can 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z There are plenty of locals who, even if they have the money, find Chef and the Farmer too highfalutin. Vivian Howard lives ‘A Chef’s Life,’ her attempt to show the real North Carolina It’s not happening on some highfalutin studio set. ‘American Grilled’: The Travel Channel cooking competition that skews local But even when the color-coding yielded to a more inclusive social statement, her highfalutin conceptual ambitions didn’t mesh with her instincts as a dance entertainer. The struggle, the hopeless fury and the joy of life, all captured by Alvin Ailey Dance 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z This variation on “Criminal Minds” does away with the highfalutin quotations from Nietzsche and Conrad, but it is otherwise faithful to the original template. Television Review: On the Scent of Psychopaths: Penetrating the Criminal Mind 2011-02-15T22:51:38Z But that's too close to elements of David Fincher's Alien III and would completely fail to answer any of the highfalutin questions about the origins of mankind so infuriatingly posed by the first film. How will Prometheus 2 engineer a route forward? 2013-03-01T15:59:58Z He didn't have any "highfalutin ideas", he recalls. Chris O'Dowd: from The IT Crowd to Hollywood 2012-05-18T22:01:08Z Between the incorporation of highfalutin ingredients and rampant gelato mania, it’s easy to long for the simple pleasures of old-fashioned American ice cream. \| T's Picks, Part One 2010-12-10T19:30:00Z The show was pleasant and highfalutin and dreamy. Rewind radio: The Other Woman; Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder – review 2013-07-19T08:00:03Z Related: The Rocky franchise in numbers He had high, even highfalutin, hopes for himself. Sylvester Stallone: the wacky people's champ who battled his own ego 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z He then progresses into some highfalutin gum-flapping about “origin and essence”, but the instant memehood of this particular snippet from the trailer suggests that those first words resonate with the critical press back on Earth. From Birdman to Buzzsaw: how Hollywood captures critics on screen 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z The editors’ highfalutin style may have rubbed off on the firm’s well-compensated associates and partners. Statement Suits at a White-Shoe Law Firm 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z And I’m floored by how highfalutin the happy-hour food is in Seattle. Wherefore Murray, and other happy-hour reader questions 2013-03-27T21:41:14Z But Ms. Linna, whose blond bangs hang just above her eyes, loathes the highfalutin word “curator,” and she isn’t wild about “collector” either. Norton Records, Still Rocking, Is Releasing a Lost Dion Album 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Some are just confusing: “Lost,” a highfalutin ABC series, got so tangled in its many strands that it ended in an impenetrable fog of mystification. The Tv Watch: High Bar Has Been Set for the Finale of ‘Breaking Bad’ 2013-08-12T02:00:11Z And one could argue that it’s simply a case of foodie snobbery, a highfalutin critic wrinkling his delicate nose at the down-home cookery that Fieri celebrates on his shows like Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Guy Fieri Gets Served 2012-11-14T15:50:24Z For all its mouth-watering sets, costumes and repartee, the highfalutin soap known as “Downton Abbey” followed a well-worn path in the theater of the English country house. A garden the ‘Downton Abbey’ crowd would drool over 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z I know it sounds highfalutin, but as I go into my eighth decade, I’m hounded by these darkening times. A Word With: Van Dyke Parks: ‘Smile’ and Other Difficulties 2013-07-22T21:48:53Z I want to go there and get stripped of those highfalutin accolades and become a local. Gordon Ramsay gets his hands dirty for new travel food show 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z It is Cheech who secretly rewrites, and vastly improves, David’s highfalutin dialogue, with David’s anguished cooperation. Theater Review: Woody Allen Transforms His ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ 2014-04-11T02:00:16Z “It has more character, is a little more fun and it’s not so highfalutin. I try not to get too fussy.” Red Truck is rolling out another bakery — and thousands of holiday baked goods 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z You need all of those notes to just sort of surf the wave of that very highfalutin English conversation. How to Squeeze a Feminist Farce Into an English Country House 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z It doesn't call for many ingredients and the sheer amount of flavor seems like it'd indicate something special or highfalutin. Turkey bolognese is the most flavorful post-Thanksgiving comfort food 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z The result is a bit like someone trying to steal the fire from some highfalutin' operatic debut by staging a fractured fairy tale on fuzzy guitar and keyboards in some small loft the week before. Review: Haste makes nonstop non sequitur in 'Awesome' member Jose Bold's 'Spidermann' 2011-01-21T18:59:04Z Still, to the curious or Dead-ambivalent, such evaluations no doubt feel highfalutin, or even obnoxious. I hate myself for loving the Dead movie 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z This would be an even better riff if Mr. Clemens weren’t pretty highfalutin himself. Books of The Times: Watching a Once-Proud Piece of Detroit Disappear 2011-01-18T16:57:38Z And you realize a strip mall restaurant next to a Sunset Food is capable of satisfying the highfalutin urban foodie. Skip the food court: Chicago suburban restaurant roundup 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z During the designer renaissance of the past 20 years, emerald became a victim of its own highfalutin image. Special Report: Jewelry: Green Makes a Dazzling Return 2010-05-20T13:30:00Z What was best about us was our ingrained quality of doubt toward highfalutin theories and our conviction in the decency of the common man, as evident in Thomas Jefferson as in Mark Twain. Bob Dylan’s prophecy: The kryptonite we need against Trumpism 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z There’s a real importance to getting dressed — and I don’t mean highfalutin couture fashion, I mean getting dressed every day. For Emma Stone, Being Bad Feels Awfully Good 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z It’s not all highfalutin: Mr. Krakoff also showed a well-done blazer in beige lightweight wool with a double lapel, a nice way to suggest layering. On the Runway: The Resort Shows: Artists and Rebels 2011-06-08T20:08:33Z Regardless of the victors of the night, though, an Oscars party should be complete with food that matches this energy, allowing the partygoers to feel highfalutin in some capacity, no matter where you're watching. These 9 decadent Oscars night-approved recipes are all winners 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z Lauded as “one of the five most remarkable houses of the mid-20th century” by Architectural Digest, the Umbrella House was in essence a highfalutin model home, Janet says. Long regarded as an architecture lovers shrine, Sarasota, Fla., attracts fresh fans 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Wieland gets some details wrong, and her taste is highfalutin’. ‘Dietrich & Riefenstahl’ review: Two women who made fateful choices 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Today, artists are more liable to be described as the “gentrifying foot soldiers of capitalism,” harbingers of highfalutin coffee and six-figure loft living. How artists became capitalist 'foot soldiers' in the gentrification wars: Case study, Boyle Heights 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z So crafting a young woman who is underestimated, even dismissed, at this highfalutin’ meeting of minds came from experience. They wanted to upend the TV detective formula. Enter the unassuming but formidable Darby Hart 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z That’s a highfalutin way of saying the prompts on the cards are geared toward helping you get out of your own head, reduce your stress, manage your emotions and change the way you react emotionally. We're all too stressed! Here are 16 self-care gifts for chilling out 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Jason Fagone: It was not a very highfalutin sort of theorizing environment of, of thinking about how to do these incredible things. This Code Breaking Quaker Poet Hunted Nazis 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Yes, educated people can indeed be annoying — by, say, using words like indeed, as I just did, or other highfalutin words Brooks mentions, or by pretending to understand things they really don't. Can't we all get along? Actually, no — not when the other side behaves like that 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z After a couple of years, somebody sent me this very highfalutin, beautiful, expensive sous vide machine and I thought, “You know what? I don’t like sous vide meat.” Why Padma Lakshmi says 'Top Chef' TV cooking helped her home cooking 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Despite the highfalutin framing, the only part of X described above that is not already in some way a part of Twitter, is a means of making payments. Column: Elon Musk has replaced Twitter with X — and an actual business with science fiction 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z If you’ve been ignoring bordeaux, thinking it’s too expensive and too highfalutin — well, I’ve been arguing for years that bordeaux offers tremendous value that escapes notice amid talk of futures and classifications. Perspective \| This $15 Spanish red wine punches above its price tag 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z I would posit a simpler, and less highfalutin, explanation: Roe, with its conveniently monosyllabic moniker, was an easily remembered shorthand for the larger issue. Review \| The long fight over Roe was about abortion — and so much more 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z That sounds highfalutin, but it’s hard to overstate how important the Department of Justice’s new antitrust case is to newspapers in particular. DOJ’s Google case helps explain local news death spiral 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Los Angeles’ city fathers, so adept at ballyhoo, just hated it that the highfalutin’ town up the Arroyo Seco had thought up their big flowery promotional parade first. That time L.A. got jealous of Pasadena and started its own flowery parade 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z And I had the audacity to take a photo of this high-low, highfalutin mess. One time for L.A.'s grand cathedrals of fine dining 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z His implicit “Democracy c’est moi” message surely seemed highfalutin’ to Americans reluctant to believe that he is the thin reed on which the institutions bequeathed by the Founding now lean. Opinion \| Election results should move both parties to introspection. Journalists, too. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z “There wasn’t much personality, and I mean that as a compliment. Ray wasn’t chummy, and he wasn’t a good ol’ Brooklyn boy or highfalutin’ guy trying to impress you,” Cotter said. Dearie named special master to review Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z "There are a lot of explosive things in the film. Without wanting to sound too highfalutin, it's much more existential for me," she said, adding: "I am not interested in agitprop." Cate Blanchett sees no agitprop in #MeToo Venice movie TÁR 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z It was just past 6 p.m. on Saturday, and the leader board quaked with highbrow talent and highfalutin rankings. An eagle from a bunker and a roar for Rory create a defining moment 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Johnson the undergraduate classicist, Eton rhetorician and middlebrow biographer was fond of making quotations, stitching together attitudes and throwing out highfalutin references to fascinate and flatter down-home audiences. Perspective \| Exit, Boris Johnson. Sort of — he’s still hogging the stage. 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Apple and Google often accompany these software updates with highfalutin language and promises. How Updates in iOS 16 and Android 13 Will Change Your Phone 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z I’ve always felt happy to say to people in our audience, “I’m like you. I don’t live that highfalutin Gucci lifestyle.” Pete Townshend on the state of the Who and creating a dream supergroup with Led Zeppelin 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The result is crisp and creamy, at once homespun and highfalutin. Review \| Planta in Bethesda shines a light on vegetables 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z “He didn’t believe in highfalutin theories or rigid ideologies.” Biden, former congressional colleagues pay tribute to Reid, who is lying in state at U.S. Capitol 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z “He didn’t believe in highfalutin’ theories or rigid ideologies.” Obama, Biden pay tribute to Harry Reid: ‘Brilliant, sometimes irascible, deeply good’ 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z I’m not saying it was a highfalutin education, but I was studying a lot and it made me question everything. When love begins: Steve Martin remains 'sentimental' as his 'L.A. Story' turns 30 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z “God, that sounds highfalutin’ but that’s really the thing without a local newspaper.” Public wants state to help struggling newspapers 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z This is true of all forms of communication, from small talk about sports, weather and groovy new Netflix shows to highfalutin philosophy, science and mathematics. What Is a Question? 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z Is simply requesting my own work space too highfalutin these days. Can’t a Person Get a Little Privacy Around Here? 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z He preferred practical solutions to highfalutin theory - "The enterprise is doomed," he told the Commonwealth Conference on Industrial Relations, "if it is allowed to enter the rarefied atmosphere of theory." Prince Philip: An extraordinary man who led an extraordinary life 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Philip thought Woody Allen was a phony pseudo-intellectual who had never finished a book in his life and made all these highfalutin allusions to Strindberg and whatnot. 'That was harsh': Philip Roth's biographer defends his book and his subject 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Envisioning how one’s story might be told in classrooms or how one’s biography might be assessed by pedigreed researchers are highfalutin’ considerations. Perspective \| McConnell shows that legacies don’t matter when facts no longer do 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z The White House is just a highfalutin stage for the same old huckster, a fact made crassly clear by his exploitation of those trappings for his big convention speech. Opinion \| From Trump, No Respect for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or the Rules 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z We were founded by men like Thomas Jefferson who wrote highfalutin words about all men being equal and then return to plantations staffed with enslaved people. The right wraps itself in the flag, but this year the left are the Fourth of July patriots 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z “A number of them were highfalutin Latin slogans,” wrote Bernard, of Manassas, Va. Perspective \| Closing words: More fun with your email signature files 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Without the trust of the leaders in the senior communities, “highfalutin ideas of building community are lost,” he said. ‘We Are Family’: Volunteer food deliveries bring together neighbors for Thanksgiving 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Costumed in highfalutin language concerning the sanctity of classified information, these letters bear all the signs of a frantic response to orders from on high. Opinion \| Trump’s mole hunt is getting out of hand 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z It’s a bit highfalutin, sure, but he’s not wrong. On the return of 'Inside the Actors Studio,' and the art of talking about craft 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The highfalutin answer to that question is, I grew up in an apartment complex in Toronto, a city where it’s very cold, and you spend a lot of time indoors. In the Tall Grass’ director was ‘terrified’ to send his script to Stephen King 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z The aim is to draw a sharp line between the supposed common-sense instincts of ordinary people and the highfalutin ways of the elites. Why Europe’s new populists tell so many lies – and do it so shamelessly \| Catherine Fieschi 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z I don’t want somebody from some highfalutin college trying to make sense of it. How Netflix's 'Between Two Ferns' movie got Keanu Reeves and Brie Larson in the hot seat 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z I am glad to see the track catering to the highfalutin clientele with the new suites and dining area. Racing! Readers have advice for Craig Fravel 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Some use highfalutin words befitting their highfalutin jobs. Opinion \| Dogs Will Fix Our Broken Democracy 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z In a sense, this highfalutin hypocrisy and lack of principle is the point of Bagehot. The Invention of Money 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z What really sets Donut Factory apart is that it inhabits the sweet spot between the more interesting flavors of highfalutin’ gourmet doughnuts and the simple joys of their straight-ahead corner-shop brethren. Doughnuts covered in Fruity Pebbles? They’re among Donut Factory’s charming, sweet-tooth-courting delights 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Much of his public rhetoric is in the form of trash talk, which many Americans seem to prefer to the boring language of policy disagreement or to the highfalutin language of shared aspiration. Opinion \| Politics isn’t a sport. Thinking so is dangerous. 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z This comically highfalutin self-presentation would be familiar to Kraftwerk, the German act that, in the seventies, legitimatized electronic music, sending an enduring shock wave through popular culture. Gesaffelstein’s Dance Music Punctures the Coachella Bubble 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z And here's the source of steadiness: If you start talking about some highfalutin mission for the company when the shiitake hits the fan, it's too late. Pass it on: Redfin CEO says try to be steady in tough times 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z And here’s the source of steadiness: If you start talking about some highfalutin mission for the company when the shiitake hits the fan, it’s too late. Pass it on: Redfin CEO says try to be steady in tough times 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z Let's not dignify it with highfalutin language, that is precisely what it is. A dilemma for the People's Vote campaign 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z "I watch TV so I didn't have highfalutin ideas about the quality of other shows," he says. 10 years after 'The Wire,' cast members reflect on their careers after the classic series 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Yet in their highfalutin fury and prepaid passion, the performers seem to lose sight of the real issue – the dying people of Douma, sprawled in sand and sawdust where homes used to be. Trump is teetering – and tweeting – on a high wire with Syria crisis 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Even the review pages of the newspapers sometimes look like a highfalutin version of gossip magazines. You can deny environmental calamity – until you check the facts \| George Monbiot 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z In the first few years, I tried to explain death and rebirth to grieving families with my highfalutin theology. Opinion \| Facing Death and the Dying 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z Though he led the pan-Arab movement, supposedly dedicated to bashing down the differences between Arabs, Nasser used Egyptian dialect to explain highfalutin ideas more simply. The rise and fall of Egyptian Arabic 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z "Political agreements, with highfalutin aspirational guff, are one thing," said the former UK Permanent Representative to the EU, Ivan Rogers, in a recent lecture. Reality Check: Where next for Brexit talks? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z In English, Laufer’s speech tilts to the highfalutin — “antecedent structure” for what happened, “procure” for get. An Anarchist Is Teaching Patients to Make Their Own Medications 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Populists hated highfalutin newspapers as much as Mr Trump claims to today. Donald Trump’s bad history lesson 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z At the risk of sounding highfalutin, it sounds like the problem posed by Plato in “The Republic” about the ring of Gyges. If Tech Execs Act Like Spoiled Brats, Should We Spank Them? 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z The fashionableness of this highfalutin form of fascism might seem, at first, wildly alien from American issues or problems. Franco-American 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The whole notion that he’s part of some allegory would be way too highfalutin for him, I think. Supporting actors panel: Costumes, touching and even making monkey noises bring a film together 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Beneath the veneer of highfalutin intellectualism and the comedy of blunt honesty, the viewer responds to the truth of those connections. 'Captain Fantastic's' examination of parenting and integrity appeals to star Viggo Mortensen 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z “In the early days, there was a lot of ivory tower, highfalutin, white paper stuff,” Ms. Sharp says. The Spoils of the Republican State Conquest 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Overall, “Shoot First” is a breezy look at a professional whose work remains endearing, despite some highfalutin claims. ‘Harry Benson: Shoot First’ breezes through the photographer’s story 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Trump has vigorously refuted it all, raising in his usual dramatic and highfalutin fashion the prospect of a grand conspiracy against him. The 2016 Election: Sex, Lies and Videotape 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z And Vetements showed alongside haute couture — the most highfalutin’ form of fashion there is. How ‘street style’ lost its meaning and its power 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Not all art pieces are about ideas, but many highfalutin ones are. Ai Weiwei Planned to Sculpt a ‘Redline.’ Chinese Censors Say He Crossed One. 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z I read a quote from you saying you stopped reading the reviews because you didn’t want Christine to become “highfalutin.” Louie Anderson's Emmy-nominated turn is a loving tribute to his mom 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z So he went back home and worked on the album in his front room, where the lack of highfalutin studio gadgetry proved to be a source of inspiration. Jake Bugg: 'Anyone can get a number one album now' - BBC News 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The applause for Mr. Macron was polite — his highfalutin style, nurtured at France’s best schools like the École National d’Administration, is peppered with references to the country’s literary and political heroes. A French Minister Who Inspires Applause and Anger Considers a Bigger Stage 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z He spoke out of both sides of his scowl, itching to be the voice of the common man but equally eager to demonstrate what a highfalutin, Harvard-trained intellect he possessed. Ted Cruz’s Bitter End 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Donald Trump made a point of telling everyone he has watched the Democratic debates about highfalutin’ things like Social Security and it is soooooo boring. The 9 most dumbfounding moments from the latest GOP debate 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Today’s highfalutin’ hangers seek to address some common pet peeves. How Much Will You Spend on a Hanger? 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z In a stop in Abu Dhabi on Monday, Mr. Kerry told reporters he had no “highfalutin grandiose hidden agenda” for his trip to Israel. John Kerry Condemns Palestinian Attacks on Israelis 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The 68-year-old expressed approval of the Fangshan facilities, but said he wasn’t sure if the highfalutin' amenities would stand the test of time. World Toilet Day: China aims to bring the WC closer to the Web 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z As the market for pricey athletic-fashion crossovers gets crowded, products are getting wonkier, layering on details about highfalutin’ ingredients or design prowess and sometimes including claims that border on spiritual. Meditate, Bond and Buy Sunglasses 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z He says I mocked their Oxbridge intellectualism and vetoed gags I considered too highfalutin. Steve Coogan: 'It took me a long time to face up to my addiction' 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Those of us who teach American Indian studies have to constantly remind outsiders, with their sometimes highfalutin attitudes, of a couple of things. Why Casinos Are a Godsend For Native Americans 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z And while Curtis’s words are so often rooted in morbid fantasy worlds, there’s no highfalutin concepts here: just the harsh reality of a relationship withered and gone wrong. Joy Division: 10 of the Best 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Boy, that sounds like a long-winded, highfalutin way of saying, “We decided we need a better coach.” Congrats on the NBA coach of the year award. By the way, you’re fired. 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z In 2010, as the country struggled out of an economic slump, the Tories under David Cameron presented an “invitation to join the government of Britain”, full of highfalutin talk of empowering citizens. The cross-dressers 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z When a charity told him the nail wasn’t suitable for a highfalutin event, Roberts dressed it in a tuxedo. Giant tire on Interstate 94 outside Detroit turning 50 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z As the usage expert Bryan A. Garner says, the words are often just “highfalutin equivalents” of “rapid” or “rapidly.” Words We Love Too Much 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z This may sound highfalutin', but in a very elegant way it draws attention to just how different the 21st century is going to be. Are we ready for the 'infosphere'? 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Check your highfalutin' attitude at the door; all cowboys are treated equal here. Best Damn Clubs Around 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Once again it’s devoid of highfalutin theories, just hard facts about what it takes to build an ever growing corporation, even in low growth sectors. The Five Most Useful Business Books Of The Last 25 Years 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z And are violations of the rule obvious products of mishearing, careless reading, or a chintzy attempt to sound highfalutin? Steven Pinker: 10 'grammar rules' it's OK to break (sometimes) 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z To parents who can’t simply write checks for college tuition, another car or an allowance, matching or even saving a teenager’s earnings in a Roth will probably seem highfalutin. For Teenagers, Starting and Saving in a Roth I.R.A. 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Those are some highfalutin words to live up to. Kathleen Parker: Don’t read any tea leaves about Cantor’s loss “I’m an engineer, and I build things. There are these highfalutin theories, but give me one that will let me build something.” Brainlike Computers, Learning From Experience 2013-12-28T20:25:51Z I had never left Texas before I went to Brown, this highfalutin school up in Providence. Talk: What Cecile Richards Has Learned From Todd Akin 2013-05-10T11:00:01Z He calls himself a social/political commentator, which is a highfalutin label for the level of commentary he offers. A Punch Turns Political in Michigan Labor Protests 2012-12-13T18:35:29Z In the view of quite a lot of Labour MPs, ruminating about responsible capitalism is all very well, but also a bit too highfalutin. A tip for Labour about planning for power. Listen to the Tories 2012-10-27T23:22:39Z “A lot of people are expecting us to issue some highfalutin report and call it a day,” he said. Tangherlini hoping changes after scandal will ‘bake’ into GSA’s DNA 2012-09-12T16:05:00Z The monosyllabic word “steel” even sounds tougher than the highfalutin “aluminum.” Can an Aluminum Truck Be 'Ford Tough'? 2012-07-31T22:05:34Z But Mr. Li scoffs at highfalutin analogies with a simplicity reminiscent of Chance, the simple urban gardener in the movie “Being There.” Character Study: Li Tingbang, 78, Guerrilla Gardener in the City 2012-06-02T14:32:03Z Seattle Chosen chiefly for the clever, tech-savvy reputation of its inhabitants, pumped up on highfalutin concept coffee. America's Top 10 Cities for Hipsters 2012-04-19T18:00:00Z He told highfalutin donors at a San Francisco fundraiser that “bitter” voters in rural Pennsylvania “cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren’t like them… as a way to explain their frustrations.” Mitt Romney and the Culture of Campaign Caution 2012-04-16T22:06:29Z He hated the "highfalutin" bearing of these "furriners," who carried their chins aloft like masters of creation. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z "Some more of your highfalutin' detective work, eh?" he muttered. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z I only want it understood that the highfalutin style was for a disguise, though the story had another purpose; for I'm not ashamed of it, and like it better than "Work" or "Moods." Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z Saw a highfalutin Lady who said she wanted to get a fancy price for her house. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z I envisioned myself as the lone, rogue cowboy who didn’t need a highfalutin diploma to prove myself. MBA Journal: Superhero in a Pantsuit 2011-10-26T15:18:45Z “Huh?” the students responded, surprised and even hurt to think that managers are offended by their highfalutin opinions of themselves. Steve Jobs Was A Lousy Role Model 2011-10-12T21:34:17Z The Frenchman made you out a most superior species of highfalutin detective, working along lines peculiarly your own—” “Rot!” interjected Kent. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z There are no such highfalutin' requirements for keeping your job as owner of the Pirates, Clippers, Raiders, 49ers or A's. A beating heart about all that's required as an owner 2011-05-18T00:19:05Z I felt a chill go over me—the whole business was tricky, stagy; of a piece with the highfalutin talk. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z He began to talk to her in a husky and highfalutin style. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z She passed for a blue-stocking because she read serious books, and for 'highfalutin' because she speculated upon matters quite uninteresting to young girls in general. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z So now, even highfalutin' scholarly journals like Food Technology are joining the ranks. A quiz on foods offering research-documented benefits to health 2011-02-23T17:49:03Z “That might not be highfalutin philosophical for my academician friends, but that’s real life.” At Sharpton?s King Day Forum, a Focus on Gun Violence 2011-01-18T01:41:12Z They did not take their cue from Victor Hugo's "highfalutin'" remonstrance to King William; on the contrary, it was the poet who translated their sentiments. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections A girl gets highfalutin up there, the Doc puts her in the Ego Alter room. No Charge for Alterations "Well, give us your highfalutin' opinion ov it!" My Lady of the Chimney Corner So long as he don't interfere too much, or get me into any scrapes with his highfalutin tricks,—which they all have, go ahead and get him. The Come Back And, if I talk highfalutin' once in a while, don't blame me. See? In Europe, the substance of Seward's dispatch, is considered the passage where Seward's highfalutin logomachy offers to the rebels their vacant seats in the Congress. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Too many wrong things, too many highfalutin' notions, too much just plain old hogwash. My Shipmate—Columbus His highfalutin ways, and his fine white hands, have put her on the slant.” The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range Please do not smile at Robert Nancarrow's somewhat highfalutin talk, and set him down as a conceited prig. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War No flags, no highfalutin, no symbolical figure posed for show; just cleanliness, determination, and good sense facing bestiality and oppression. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers They did not say, 'We air a go-ahead people,' they were not given to 'highfalutin',' nor did they chew their tobacco. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative You see, we 'd all of us thought our new Governor was just a highfalutin' tenderfoot, and it would n't be any job at all to buffalo him. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories Mr. Geary looked at her sharply, but she said the name glibly, and Jessica was what he called "highfalutin" enough to fit her evident station in life, so he made no comment. Marjorie at Seacote Seems to me he's got a highfalutin' name enough. The Portion of Labor But Uncle Mac does not like the 'highfalutin'.' Charred Wood And no natural man would fill his house full of critters, and them with highfalutin names. Judith of the Plains He's the only one of these fellows I've tackled who didn't tell me a lot of highfalutin rot they wanted put into the article. A Hoosier Chronicle "Don't come any of your highfalutin' airs with me, you little cat," shrieked the old woman, rubbing a knee that Rosalie had kicked in her struggles. The Daughter of Anderson Crow People generally think of it as a highfalutin' name for the bedroom, or for a dressing-room, whereas really a proper boudoir is the small personal sitting-room of a woman of many interests. The House in Good Taste Uncle Mac told me yesterday that there was a very 'highfalutin' gintleman' in the camp the night before last. Charred Wood The chairman and brother-in-law, and a hard-headed stove dealer, were opposed to the competitive plan as highfalutin and unnecessary. Unleavened Bread "Eating out my heart and vitals for you and your confounded highfalutin amen notions." Every Soul Hath Its Song It is a crude production, all the same; the writer's artistic gift seems handicapped by a dead-weight of moral platitudes and highfalutin, and even mysticism. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People There was nothing highfalutin about her company manners—it was by this homely phrase that he differentiated this Dede on horseback from the Dede with the office manners whom he had always known. Burning Daylight The principal thing is to find out whether there is any connection between that camp, the 'highfalutin' gintleman' of Uncle Mac, and the detective. Charred Wood I'm glad you didn't load him down with some highfalutin, romantic name that he'd be ashamed of when he gets to be a grandfather. Anne's House of Dreams "An' you, Em, look more highfalutin' than a peacock," he replied. The Emerald City of Oz I call that sort of thing silly and highfalutin. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I The rhetoric of them is very highfalutin, and the flattery would be nauseating if one did not remember that it was largely a matter of fashion. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Don't let Bainbridge get into the old fellow any of his newfangled, highfalutin remedies—if you do, I will not answer for the consequences. A Strange Discovery I couldn't stand for your highfalutin excuses for being—well, never mind—we all get our off days. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors He did not read French easily, and when he had labored to make out a passage, it was almost always something meaningless and highfalutin. Jean-Christophe, Volume I Size up the highfalutin' dame!—Get on to the waistcoat will you? Chantecler Play in Four Acts "That's right, my child, I'm glad you do; and I think your idea of pretty things is not merely a taste for highfalutin gimcracks." Patty at Home What's the matter?" his mother said; and called sharply to the nurse: "I won't have any highfalutin' business in this boy! The Iron Woman Mrs. Collier's got a lot o' money of her own, an' she's got highfalutin' New York ideas that don't seem to jibe with mine. Green Fancy Anything in the least highfalutin' would depress, not exalt, a British company. Through the Magic Door The upper classes are out for all they can get, and they befool the poor imbecile working man with all their highfalutin phrases to get it for them at the cost of his blood. The Red Planet Well, I'm no soft-talking Southerner with gold buttons and highfalutin' ways. The Barrier "Oh, say!" he chortled, "you ARE funny when you hand out that highfalutin stuff!" Missy That the eldest afterward bore the title of Earl of Kingsley; that the second became a lord high admiral, or chancellor, or something equally highfalutin; and that the third became an archbishop. The Midnight Queen But no; you wouldn't listen, you with your highfalutin' notions an' more pairs of shoes than any decent woman should have. The Valley of the Moon But Gene—Oh, Gene's some highfalutin in his ideas lately. Light of the Western Stars Did that young man who spoke so highfalutin’ get her?” Martin Eden
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