prig nell'Oxford Spanish Dictionary

prig nel dizionario PONS

Inglese americano

Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

inglese
A prig is a believer in red tape; that is, he exalts the method above the work done.
en.wikipedia.org
For years the elitist prigs have told us that certain issues -- like immigration -- can not be discussed.
www.spectator.co.uk
His speeches portray him as a monstrous prig and a priggish monster.
www.independent.ie
A prig is wise beyond his years in all things that do not matter.
en.wikipedia.org
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
Dex is an arrogant prig who expects everything to come to him without working for it.
www.dailymail.co.uk
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
He is a prig with an instinct for grandeur that at once muddles his statements and endows them with an ineffable grandiosity.
en.wikipedia.org
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

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