Traduzioni di „prig“ nel dizionario inglese » polacco

prig [prɪg] SOST pegg

prig

moralizator(ka) m (f)

Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

inglese

A self-conscious prig, so given to examining all sides of a question that he becomes thoroughly addled while remaining always in the same spot.

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After all, if she can be turned into a nicey-nice dispenser of advice on how to become a smug, self-admiring prig, can she really be that great?

theconversation.com

To be a sociable being is to accept give and take, and it isn't nice to be thought a prig.

www.telegraph.co.uk

But she was evidently a strange child -- greatly preferring the company of adults, educated patchily and -- by her own confession -- rather a prig.

www.telegraph.co.uk

A prig is a believer in red tape; that is, he exalts the method above the work done.

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Emotionally confused in thought.... a self-conscious prig, so given to examining all sides of a question that he becomes thoroughly addled while remaining always in the same spot.

www.slate.com

For years the elitist prigs have told us that certain issues -- like immigration -- can not be discussed.

www.spectator.co.uk

Black has no time to learn the names of bourgeois prigs.

www.macleans.ca

Characters are prigs, pedants and profligates...

en.wikipedia.org

After a contretemps, only a prig or a fool would rush in to apportion blame.

www.independent.co.uk