“The jewelry looked glamorous from afar, but up close, it was just tawdry imitation.”
その宝石は遠くから見ると華やかに見えましたが、近くで見るとただの安っぽい模造品でした。
“His apartment was filled with tawdry decorations that looked out of place.”
彼のアパートは場違いな安っぽい装飾でいっぱいでした。
Etymology(語源)
Originally from “Saint Audrey’s lace,” a type of cheap lace sold at a fair in honor of Saint Audrey in medieval England, which became associated with poor quality.
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