hoity-toity

Well, when you say it like that, it sounds so hoity-toity.
Dit comme ça, ça fait très pompeux.
This restaurant seems a bit hoity-toity to me. It's really expensive and the portions are very small.
Ce restaurant me paraît un peu snob. Il est vraiment cher et les portions sont très petites.
And if you don't believe me I don't know why I've given my whole life to this post office to have some hoity-toity young miss just falling asleep behind the counter.
Et si vous ne me croyez pas, je sais pas pourquoi j'aurais dédié ma vie entière à ce bureau de Poste pour qu'une jeune demoiselle prétentieuse s'endorme simplement derrière le comptoir.
She was a hoity-toity little madam, always wanting her own way.
C'était une petite prétentieuse qui voulait toujours avoir le dernier mot.
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