the beau monde

Collectively, society's most wealthy and fashionable people; the beautiful people. The phrase is French for "fine world." Those parties are exclusively for the beau monde. You wouldn't be invited even as a waiter.

See also: beau, monde

See also:

beautiful
beautiful people
beautiful people, the
a couple of (people or things)
and those
big and bold
be widely held
come from far and wide
along the beaten track
all over the world

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