thin-bread-and-butter-offering

Updated: July 17, 2026

I had staked all on Gussie making a favourable impression on his hostess, basing my confidence on the fact that he was one of those timid, obsequious, teacup-passing, thin-bread-and-butter-offering yes-men whom women of my Aunt Dahlia's type nearly always like at first sight.

P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse - Right Ho, Jeeves