upper crust

The melts were buoyant and ascended back to the upper crust, trapping the heat-producing elements there in rocks like granite and allowing the lower crust to cool and harden.

His jabs at his predecessor took aim at the former president’s wealthy upbringing, his friendships with billionaires and his 2017 tax cuts that disproportionately benefited America’s upper crust.

Such a blasé response seems realistic: According to the same Guardian story from 2005, fancy dress parties with imperialist themes were popular with the British upper crust at the time, and Nazi costumes were commonplace.

A storm of reddish clouds fill the sky and golden hues saturate the upper crust, a subliminal nod to their wealth, while muddy browns litter the poor streets below.

Sometimes, though, they can be seen as elite or upper crust — and not particularly accessible.