riche

Related to riche: Richelieu

the nouveau riche

Collectively, the members of a class of newly wealthy people, as opposed to those who have inherited their wealth. The term often implies that the newly acquired wealth is being flaunted or spent ostentatiously. Old money families knew how to be the pillars of the community, but the nouveau riche just buy cars and mansions.
See also: nouveau, riche
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

the ˌnouveau ˈriche

(from French, disapproving) people who have recently become rich and like to show how rich they are in a very obvious way: As a member of the nouveau riche, Tom can often be seen at New York’s most fashionable venues.
The meaning of the French phrase is ‘new rich’.
See also: nouveau, riche
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • nouveau
  • the nouveau riche
  • take (something) on board
  • take on board
  • take something on board
  • come into being
  • into being
  • monde
  • the beau monde
  • come into existence
References in periodicals archive
Thomas described the scene of the accident as "emotional," with Riche's fellow workers "obviously quite concerned about his welfare."
Lebanese expat falls to death on Sydney construction site
A final tranche cash consideration of up to HKD 5.5m (GBP 0.49m) is due on completion, bringing total consideration receivable by Riche Bright to up to HKD 33.5 m, being a premium of HKD 11m to RB Securities' unaudited net assets at 31 October 2015 of HKD 22.5m, subject to downwards only adjustment on a USD for USD basis to reflect any agreed monthly operating expenses at RB Securities in excess of HKD 400,000 from 1 November 2015 until 30 April 2016.
Alpha Returns Group Makes Progress on RB Securities Sale
Since Majdi's death, Riche fans have launched an online campaign, urging Egyptian authorities to list the coffeehouse as a heritage site, thus blocking any bid for its sale.
Cairo aACAyCafEa of intelligentsia' in limbo
Located on Hoda Shaarawi Street in downtown Cairo, Cafe Riche was built by Austrian businessman Bernard Stenberg in 1914 and later sold to Greek businessman Michael Politis in 1916.
A Cafe for the Generations
Another introduction, L'Oreal Paris Colour Riche Balm Pop, delivers superior cushion, glide and high sensation of comfort and hydration.
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"When Egypt signed Camp David, a demonstration burst out of Riche," he remembers.
Cairo's Downtown coffeehouses
Of Canadians, Riche more gently observes, "The most puzzling aspect of the national personality was its self-satisfaction.
Edward Riche, Easy to Like
le Riche joined the Department of National Health and Welfare in Ottawa, where he was involved in the first Canadian sickness survey.
William Harding le Riche
World-class stars Dupont, Legris, and Le Riche each trained in the school of the Paris Opera Ballet from childhood and have performed countless leading roles.
Flying in a new galaxy: Trisha Brown at the Paris Opera ballet
The nouveau riche need to be anchored in heavy houses; never in wood, always in stone.
View from Kaliningrad
Wright's Middle-class Culture in Elizabethan England (1958) and Margaret Spufford's Small Tales and Pleasant Histories (1981) have helped us to understand the social and economic context of these tales, and the time is now surely ripe for the inauguration of the Canadian Barnabe Riche Society.
Barnabe Riche, His Farewell to Military Profession
Cairo: Sandwiched between shops on one of central Cairo's busiest streets, Cafe Riche has been a vibrant witness to dramatic changes in Egypt for more than a century.
Historic Cairo coffeehouse could become history
Nous vous en parlions recemment, cet aliment plaisir est riche en flavonoides, reputes pour leurs vertus relaxantes [la camomille en est une autre source importante, ndlr].
Huit aliments anti-stress faciles a consommer au quotidien
CafE[umlaut] Riche provides the converging stop where you can pay homage to Egyptian thinkers -- a chain that remains almost unbroken until today.
Life and literature at CafE[umlaut] Riche