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too rich for one's blood

too rich for one's blood adjective: too expensive or fancy to suit one's taste or preferences.

Adjective

too rich for one's blood

  1. (idiomatic) Too expensive or fancy to suit one's taste or preferences.
    • "I don't care to rob you of this bread. Aunt Jane. It's too rich for my blood. . . . I'd rather take my supper at the cheapest restaurant on the Bowery."1899, Horatio Alger, chapter 8, in Mark Mason's Victory
    • "That's right, fellows," roared Lovell from his commanding position, as he jingled a handful of gold coins, ". . . and remember that nothing's too rich for our blood to-day."1903, Andy Adams, chapter 24, in The Log of a Cowboy

Forms of too rich for one's blood

alternative formrich for one's blood

Questions about too rich for one's blood

What does too rich for one's blood mean?
Too rich for one's blood means too expensive or fancy to suit one's taste or preferences.
What part of speech is too rich for one's blood?
Too rich for one's blood is an adjective.

Words near too rich for one's blood in the dictionary

  1. too much information
  2. too much of a good thing
  3. too much pudding will choke a dog
  4. too much water drowned the miller
  5. too posh to push
  6. too rich for one's blood
  7. too right
  8. too soon
  9. too too
  10. too-hard basket
  11. too-hard baskets

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