English Dictionary

top shelf

adj

(US, idiomatic) Best, or high quality. / (Britain, idiomatic) Describing books, magazines, or movies that have adult content or softcore pornography.

The top shelf of the bookcase is reserved for my favorite books.

意味（1）

(US, idiomatic) Best, or high quality.

I bought a bottle of top shelf whiskey.

意味（2）

(Britain, idiomatic) Describing books, magazines, or movies that have adult content or softcore pornography.

Most of the band used to buy Autotrader to read on the various bus and plane journeys, but Barry would always turn up with a copy of Underwear Unlimited or some other seedy little top-shelf mag.