Idiom of the day :- Marry above oneself
Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-
For a long, long time Manfred has been afraid to express his love for May. ‘After all,’ he said, ‘May is in what some people call ‘the upper class’, and people in low positions ( like me ) don’t usually marry above themselves.’ To marry above oneselfis to marry someone in a higher social class than one’s own.