Translation of "Oberen zehntausend" in English

I've always wondered how the 1%'s offspring amuse themselves.

She's used to the upper-echelon clientèle.

The upper ten thousand rest on the shoulders of the large mass.

Golf is no longer a sport for the high society!

In contemporary Russia the upper crust wallows in luxury.

You live like a queen. Your kid needs some work but overall, you're in the top 1 percent.

ShinHwa is based on built by the top 1% of Korean society, for the top 1% of society.

But, at the same time, I remained in touch with the " upper ten thousand."

The long-term policy of privatisation, deregulation and liberalisation has resulted in an increasing concentration of wealth among the top ten thousand. In addition, it was this policy which was responsible for the crisis that we find ourselves in today.

While the top ten thousand will cash in - thus, all the payments to Greece will not go to the Greek people, but will instead line the pockets of investors - the people of Europe are being weighed down with more and more unjustified financial burdens.

What is really astonishing and alarming, however, is that this reality is still being talked up here in this House, which should really be representing the interests of more than just the elite few.

This would, however, imply that the prevailing policy in the European Commission and also in the individual Member States does in fact consist of considering the interests of the majority of Europeans according to their guiding principle, instead of serving as they have done to date as executors of the interests of the élite of society.

I wish to withdraw my name from this report and appeal to everyone in this House who genuinely wants a tax policy for the European Union which not only serves the interests of the top ten thousand but genuinely benefits the majority of Europe's citizens: please, vote against this report.

The song was introduced by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in the musical film "High Society.

But what really goes on there are nightly parties for the elite members of our society who indulge themselves in self-gratification and hedonism.

Okay, I was living a regular prison life in my regular prison bunk, and now I'm the one percent.

Well. Responsibility was never a particular strength of the upper class. Nevertheless there were fixed rules that restricted the individual’s activities.

The proximity to the upper class didn't only fill the purses but also rubbed off on the artisans' self-esteem.

But life in Clint City is no joke for the upper classes, so she's had to find a way to make sure she gets the respect she deserves.

Just as with us a short time ago, a man of family could only become an officer, diplomatist or administrative official, so the “upper ten thousand“ in later Rome could enter only three professions that did not degrade them socially — res militaris, juris scientia and eloquentia.

Above all, the car, up to then a luxury article for the upper ten thousand, could be made available to mass consumption due to the lower price.

To help the career after several musical lows to revive again, Frank Sinatra became an actor with roles in, among other, From Here to Eternity or High Society .

There was a time when roulette was played strictly by the elite, and when craps players crouched in the dirt to shoot their dice.