goody-goody nell'Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Traduzioni di goody-goody nel dizionario inglese»francese

I.goody-goody [ingl brit, ingl am ˈˌɡʊdi ˈˌɡʊdi] pegg SOST (both sexes)

goody-goody

sainte nitouche f

II.goody-goody [ingl brit, ingl am ˈˌɡʊdi ˈˌɡʊdi] pegg AGG

goody-goody child:

goody-goody

modèle

Traduzioni di goody-goody nel dizionario francese»inglese

nitouche [nituʃ] SOST f colloq

sainte nitouche

goody-goody colloq

I.saint (sainte) [sɛ̃, sɛ̃t] AGG

1. saint (sacré):

saint (sainte)

holy

image sainte

holy image

les saints Apôtres

the holy apostles

saintes huiles

holy oils

la sainte Bible

the Holy Bible

semaine sainte

Holy Week

vendredi saint

Good Friday

jeudi saint

Maundy Thursday

2. saint (canonisé):

saint Paul/Ignace de Loyola/Thomas d'Aquin

Saint Paul/Ignatius Loyola/Thomas Aquinas

3. saint (vertueux):

saint (sainte)

good, godly

4. saint (pour insister) colloq:

toute la sainte journée

the whole blessed day colloq

j'ai une sainte horreur de qc

I can't stand sth

II.saint (sainte) [sɛ̃, sɛ̃t] SOST m (f)

saint (sainte)

saint

ce n'est pas une sainte, il lui arrive de se mettre en colère!

she's no saint, she sometimes gets cross

se prendre pour un saint/une sainte

to think one is perfect

elle croit que son fils est un (petit) saint

she thinks her son is perfect, in her eyes her son can do no wrong

III.saint (sainte) [sɛ̃, sɛ̃t]

le saint des saints lett, fig

the Holy of Holies

les saints de glace

the 11th, 12th and 13th May

les saints Innocents

the Holy Innocents

le saint suaire

the Holy Shroud

la sainte Église catholique

the Holy Catholic Church

la sainte famille

the Holy family

sainte nitouche pegg

goody-goody colloq, pegg

ne fais pas ta sainte nitouche

don't be such a goody-goody colloq

je ne supporte pas ses airs de sainte nitouche!

I can't stand it when she's doing her goody-goody act! colloq

sainte table

communion rail

la Sainte Vierge

the Virgin Mary

les saintes Écritures

the Holy Scriptures

IV.saint (sainte) [sɛ̃, sɛ̃t]

jurer par tous les saints (du Paradis)

to swear by all the saints

Vedi anche: vouer, prêcher

I.vouer [vwe] VB vb trans

1. vouer (porter):

vouer un sentiment à qn

to nurse a feeling for sb

il leur voue une haine farouche/un amour profond

he nurses a deep hatred of them/a deep love for them

vouer une reconnaissance éternelle à qn

to be ou feel eternally grateful to sb

vouer un véritable culte à qn

to (hero-)worship sb

la passion qu'ils vouent à leur ville

their passionate love for ou devotion to their town

2. vouer (destiner):

vouer

to doom

film voué à l'échec

film doomed to failure, film bound to fail

jeune fille vouée au célibat

girl destined to remain unmarried

le manque de médecins voue la population aux maladies endémiques

the lack of doctors makes endemic disease inevitable

vouer qn à la vindicte publique

to expose sb to public condemnation

3. vouer (consacrer):

vouer sa vie/son temps à qc

to devote one's life/one's time to sth

pays voué à l'élevage

country entirely given over to cattle-breeding

4. vouer (dédier):

vouer qn à Dieu/un saint

to dedicate sb to God/a saint

II.se vouer VB vb rifl

1. se vouer (se consacrer):

se vouer à qc

to devote oneself to sth

2. se vouer (se porter):

ils se vouent une haine féroce

they hate each other intensely

III.vouer [vwe]

je ne sais plus à quel saint me vouer

I don't know which way to turn

I.prêcher [pʀeʃe] VB vb trans

1. prêcher RELIG:

prêcher Évangile

to preach

prêcher la bonne parole

to spread the Word

2. prêcher (recommander):

prêcher patience, modération

to advocate

elle prêche l'impossible

she is advocating the impossible

prêcher la patience à qn

to urge sb to be patient

II.prêcher [pʀeʃe] VB vb intr

prêcher

to preach

III.prêcher [pʀeʃe]

prêcher le faux pour savoir le vrai

to tell a lie in order to get at the truth

prêcher pour son saint ou sa paroisse

to promote one's own cause

goody-goody nel dizionario PONS

Traduzioni di goody-goody nel dizionario francese»inglese

sainte-nitouche <saintes-nitouches> [sɛ̃tnituʃ] SOST f

sainte-nitouche

goody-goody

nitouche [nituʃ] SOST f

sainte nitouche

goody-goody

avec son air de sainte nitouche

with her goody-goody ways

Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

inglese

It is the goody-goody type that of the usual screen heroine.

en.wikipedia.org

No one loves a goody-goody but there's the rub; they are terribly useful and not as boring as you'd think -- mondo grass excepted.

www.stuff.co.nz

He was a good man in every way, but never a goody-goody or in the slightest a prig.

www.theglobeandmail.com

Is this celeb a bad-boy type or goody-goody?

www.mtv.com

It made me think of myself as selfless and all so very goody-goody and pious, while leading me to look down on others as allegedly miserably self-centred and uncaring...

www.firstpost.com

He is always a goody-goody with perfect grades.

en.wikipedia.org

People have this image of me being goody-goody.

www.dnaindia.com

He's not a braggy-bling guy, and he's a little goody-goody compared to the genre's edgier characters.

www.theglobeandmail.com