Question

Goody-Two-Shoes a person who thinks he or she is perfect and tries to be

Accepted Answer

Tamika is such a goody-two-shoes that everyone hates her. In the middle 1700s there was a nursery tale called "The History of Little Good Two-Shoes." In it, a little girl who owned only one shoe was given another one. She went all over, showing off her pair of shoes, saying, "Two shoes." Today, a person who thinks he or she is perfect is sarcastically described as a "goody-two-shoes," after the title character of that book. A similar phrase is "goody-goody."

Idiom	Goody-Two-Shoes
Example	Tamika is such a goody-two-shoes that everyone hates her.
Meaning	a person who thinks he or she is perfect and tries to be
Origin	In the middle 1700s there was a nursery tale called "The History of Little Good Two-Shoes." In it, a little girl who owned only one shoe was given another one. She went all over, showing off her pair of shoes, saying, "Two shoes." Today, a person who thinks he or she is perfect is sarcastically described as a "goody-two-shoes," after the title character of that book. A similar phrase is "goody-goody."

Goody Two Shoes Person Thinks Perfect Tamika Hates Middle 1700s