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Holier than...


Bolboreta March 25, 2009 11:50 AM
Holier than...
 
A few days ago I heard a sentence that I'm almost sure was a saying (¿? Lo que quiero decir es: Hace unos días oí una frase que estoy casi segura de que era un dicho). I don't remember the last words, but the beggining was "Hollyer than..."

I would like to remember it and to know the meaning.

Thanks :butterfly:

literacola March 25, 2009 11:55 AM
I believe the phrase you are looking for is holier-than-thou

It usually refers to the negative description of a self-righteous attitude someone holds.

chileno March 25, 2009 12:25 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolboreta (Post 29741)
A few days ago I heard a sentence that I'm almost sure was a saying (¿? Lo que quiero decir es: Hace unos días oí una frase que estoy casi segura de que era un dicho). I don't remember the last words, but the beggining was "Hollyer than..."

I would like to remember it and to know the meaning.

Thanks :butterfly:

Se traduce como nuestro "Mas papista que el papa" :) :D

Literacola esta correcto.

CrOtALiTo March 26, 2009 02:16 PM
Chile but the phrase is complete.

Hollyer than - mas papista que el papa.

chileno March 26, 2009 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo (Post 29846)
Chile but the phrase is complete.

Hollyer than - mas papista que el papa.
Holier than thou

Te faltó esa.

Ahora a buscar en el diccionario, y rápido. ;)

Jessica March 26, 2009 06:37 PM
wait, what would holier mean?

Rusty March 26, 2009 06:39 PM
more holy

chileno March 26, 2009 06:42 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by jchen (Post 29872)
wait, what would holier mean?
More divine.

:)

Jessica March 26, 2009 07:19 PM
oh I see :) thanks

CrOtALiTo March 26, 2009 08:09 PM
Did you want to mean about the sentence holier than thou is translated as mas papista que el papa.

Rusty March 26, 2009 08:22 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo (Post 29879)
Did you want to mean that the phrase holier than thou is translated as más papista que el papa?
Yes, the phrase holier-than-thou can be translated as más papista que el papa. Here are other ways it can be translated:
mojigato (e hipócrita), farisaico, puritano, santurrón en un grado exagerado

CrOtALiTo March 26, 2009 09:45 PM
Why did you flagged some words in my previous post if I can see that my post is not as bad as seems it.

Rusty March 26, 2009 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo (Post 29882)
Why did you flag some words in my previous post if I can see that my post is not as bad as it seems?
I'm just trying to help you improve your English. :)

Bolboreta March 29, 2009 04:17 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 29881)
mojigato
:thumbsup: Ok! That was the meaning I heard the phrase with (¿? Este es el significado con el que escuché el dicho). But It's interesting to know other meanings of the saying, above all "más papista que el papa" that is very useful :rolleyes:

And thanks for correcting my spelling mistakes, too. I heard it in an oral conversation and tried to write it.

chileno March 29, 2009 12:26 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolboreta (Post 30088)


:thumbsup: Ok! That was the meaning I heard the phrase with (¿? Este es el significado con el que escuché el dicho). But It's interesting to know other meanings of the saying, above all "más papista que el papa" that is very useful :rolleyes:

And thanks for correcting my spelling mistakes, too. I heard it in an oral conversation and tried to write it.
That's what I did, when I was beginning to translate what I knew in Spanish to English.


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