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

This makes her sound horribly over-accomplished but McEwan says he did not want her to be "a goody two-shoes".

From The Guardian • Aug. 31, 2014

Forget it, people would be all over me about being a goody two-shoes!

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio