“Goldilocks and the Three Bears”

Cultural  

1. A children's story. Goldilocks, a little girl with shiny blond hair, brashly enters the house of the Three Bears (Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear), eats the bears' porridge, sits in their chairs, and sleeps in their beds. When the bears return, they retrace her steps, saying, “Someone's been eating my porridge,” “Someone's been sitting in my chair,” and “Someone's been sleeping in my bed.” When they discover Goldilocks asleep in Baby Bear's bed, Goldilocks awakes and flees in terror.

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Example Sentences

“It’s like ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears,’ fame,” said Solís.

From Los Angeles Times

You’ve heard of Goldilocks and the three bears, but not even five growling beasts can disrupt this rally.

From Barron's

The girlies get their version of this too, with a Dodge commercial that centers on Glen Powell’s interpolation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears via a kind of bland bro-coded online masculinity.

From Slate

And then she started talking about whether they should play with Legos or act out “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” with stuffed animals next.

From Literature

“This home and ADU are very ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’: Not too big.

From Los Angeles Times