词汇 | social butterfly |
词源 | social butterfly. The expression and the species are as com- mon today as in the 15th or 16th century when social butterfly was coined, mainly because it aptly describes a pretty or well- dressed person of little substance flitting from one party or oth- er social function to the next. |
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