Holier than...

[Bolboreta]

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

[literacola]

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]

Originally Posted by Bolboreta

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

Se traduce como nuestro "Mas papista que el papa"

Literacola esta correcto.

[CrOtALiTo]

Chile but the phrase is complete.

Hollyer than - mas papista que el papa.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

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]

wait, what would holier mean?

[Rusty]

more holy

[chileno]

Originally Posted by jchen

wait, what would holier mean?

More divine.

[Jessica]

oh I see thanks

[CrOtALiTo]

Did you want to mean about the sentence holier than thou is translated as mas papista que el papa.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

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]

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]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

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]

Originally Posted by Rusty

mojigato

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

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

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Bolboreta

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

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.