Translations for „popinjay“ in the English » Arabic Dictionary

popinjay ADJ

popinjay

مُغْتَرّ

popinjay

مُعْجَبٌ بِنَفْسِهِ

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

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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Many of these ladies would find out, rather belatedly, that their concepts of love and idealism have meant nothing to these crooks and popinjays.

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You're a popinjay who thinks that rugby is all running and passing.

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Importantly, this also suggests that the same paint was used on the popinjay and the background.

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It is the quality that distinguishes true leaders from popinjays.

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

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

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

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There are no international standard rules of popinjay.

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

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