popinjay nel dizionario italiano Oxford-Paravia

Traduzioni di popinjay nel dizionario inglese»italiano

popinjay [ingl brit ˈpɒpɪndʒeɪ, ingl am ˈpɑpənˌdʒeɪ] SOST arc

popinjay (parrot)

pappagallo m

popinjay (shooting target)

bersaglio m (raffigurante un pappagallo)

popinjay (conceited man)

damerino m

Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

inglese

The same low-rent popinjays that might be seen on any bay beach.

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This led us to conclude that the green background was applied on the entire wall first, varnished, and the popinjay was then painted on top.

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In his view, a director, except insofar as he or she efficiently directs traffic, is a useless popinjay.

www.theglobeandmail.com

We became ribald popinjays living on the outer fringes of other peoples' lives.

thenationonlineng.net

Let me expose a typical modus operandi of these popinjays.

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And by enlightening others, we would have severed the trail of broken hearts and rendered the popinjays powerless, for knowledge, we are told, is power.

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A popinjay of rare ridiculousness, he would besmirch a group of arrested-development 12-year-olds with his lightness of being.

www.spectator.co.uk

It is the quality that distinguishes true leaders from popinjays.

www.telegraph.co.uk

I do hope he doesn't, for neither of those serious statesmen deserves the insult of being compared with this popinjay.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Some of the very many similar alternative terms are: coxcomb, fribble, popinjay (meaning parrot), fashion-monger, and ninny.

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