from the top drawer

From an elite social class. If she's from the top drawer, then why would she waste her time with a pauper like you? A: "Are your parents still trying to arrange your marriage to some dullard from the top drawer?" B: "Yes, I must marry a man from a family of equal prominence, of course." I love Elizabeth, but I also know that my family will never accept her because she isn't from the top drawer like we are.