goody two-shoes

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The story centers on the goody two-shoes Janet and Brad, a young couple with car trouble who stumble on an old castle filled with eccentric characters: cross-dressers, scientists and a maid, included.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2022

"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

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