holier-than-thou in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for holier-than-thou in the English»French Dictionary

holier-than-thou [Brit həʊlɪəðənˈðaʊ, Am ˌhoʊliərðənˈðaʊ] ADJ

to be holier-than-thou

se prendre pour un petit saint

this holier-than-thou attitude

cette attitude de petit saint

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

All this junk is out there where the affluent aristocrats, the holier-than-thou people live.

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If you're going to present a holier-than-thou argument, you should be prepared to back it up.

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A famous public figure once confronted a mob of holier-than-thou campaigners who were about to set upon a sinner.

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Yet these are the holier-than-thou campaigners who claim to be opposed to secret, underhand deals between politicians and the media!

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How that incredulity and derision would have sustained him against the holier-than-thou tyrannies of political correctness with which we have been afflicted since.

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Democratic lobbyists feel maligned by his holier-than-thou take on their profession.

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There was a holier-than-thou attitude, a pious presumption against bringing something so monstrous into the classroom.

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And frankly, their holier-than-thou preaching is turning me off, too.

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The holier-than-thou smuggos are apparently trying to reclaim family time in this era of constant distractions.

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Go behind closed doors of the holier-than-thou politicians and pundits and see what they're saying.

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