goody two-shoes
Example Sentences
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"Well, I know this because people were like, 'I saw you!' I was such a goody two-shoes and people kept going, 'I saw you out. I made eye contact with you.' I was like, 'No!'"
From Fox News ● Dec. 22, 2020
I'm a Gen Xer, I'm on the younger side of Generation X. We definitely think the Millennials are like the goody two-shoes, good kids.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2020
But, at school, they are considered insufferable goody two-shoes.
From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019
"I'm really excited for Simon in this film, because in the past, he's sort of played the slightly straighter guy – particularly in Hot Fuzz, the goody two-shoes," he told Digital Spy.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2013
Neither Mia, who did not want to admit she’d been eavesdropping, nor Moody, who did not want to be labeled a goody two-shoes, said a word about it.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
