parish-pump in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for parish-pump in the English»French Dictionary

parish-pump politics N Brit pej

parish-pump politics

politique f de clocher pej

Translations for parish-pump in the French»English Dictionary

I.clocher [klɔʃe] N m

1. clocher (d'église):

clocher (en pointe)

steeple

clocher (tour)

church ou bell tower

2. clocher (pays natal):

clocher fig

home town

il n'a jamais quitté son clocher

he has never left his home town

esprit de clocher

parochial ou small-town mentality

querelle de clocher

parish-pump quarrel Brit

querelle de clocher

local quarrel

rivalités de clocher

parish-pump rivalries Brit

rivalités de clocher

local rivalries

II.clocher [klɔʃe] VB intr inf (être défectueux)

clocher argumentation:

to be faulty

il y a truc qui cloche inf

something's wrong

il y a quelque chose qui cloche dans l'amplificateur/dans ce que tu dis

there's something wrong with the amplifier/with what you are saying

querelle [kəʀɛl] N f

1. querelle:

querelle (dispute)

quarrel (entre between)

querelle (chamaillerie)

squabble

querelle de famille

family quarrel

chercher querelle à qn

to pick a quarrel with sb

querelles intestines

internal squabbling

2. querelle (débat):

querelle

dispute

la querelle sur les nationalisations

the dispute over nationalization

Phrases:

querelle d'Allemand

quarrel about nothing

querelle d'amoureux

lovers' tiff

querelle de clocher

parish-pump quarrel

parish-pump in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for parish-pump in the English»French Dictionary

parish-pump politics N Brit

parish-pump politics

politique f de clocher

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

If there is no big picture, the vacuum will be filled by narrow sectional parish-pump agendas.

www.independent.ie

Radical political reform is a dead duck - there will be no change to an electoral system that is anchored in parish-pump politics and clientelism.

www.independent.ie

I champion the local but abhor the incestuous and prying nature of parish-pump politics.

www.universitytimes.ie

The politics were becoming parish-pump politics and that depressed him.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Some commentators have dismissed the election of independents as merely the rise of parish-pump politics and populism, with no progressive content.

www.spiked-online.com