Английский словарь американских идиом - holier-than-thou
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Holier-than-thou
holier-than-thou
{adj.} Acting as if you are better than others in goodness, character, or reverence for God; acting as if morally better than other people. * /Most people find holier-than-thou actions in others hard to accept./ * /After Mr. Howard stopped smoking, he had a holier-than-thou manner toward his friends who still smoked./
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~ adj behaving in a way that shows that you think you are morally better than other people ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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If you describe someone as holier-than-thou, you disapprove of them because they seem to believe that they are more religious or have better moral qualities than anyone else. He has always sounded holier-than-thou. = self-righteous ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. фарисей, святоша 2. самодовольный человек his success in self-reform turned him into a holier-than-thou before his friends —- успешно переделав себя, он уверовал в собственное моральное превосходство над друзьями 3. благочестиво-показной; лицемерный holier-than-thou attitude —- фарисейство, святошество 4. уверенный в своем (моральном) превосходстве; самодовольный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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