Traductions de „prig“ dans le dictionnaire anglais » allemand

prig [prɪg] SUBST péj

prig (moralist)

Tugendbold m péj

prig (pedant)

Erbsenzähler m péj fam

why must you always be such a prig?

warum bist du bloß so schrecklich kleinkariert? péj fam

Exemples tirés du dictionnaire PONS (vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

why must you always be such a prig?

warum bist du bloß so schrecklich kleinkariert? péj fam

Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

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And there were plenty of people on the other side who thought the purists were being, you know, a bunch of silly prigs.

www.npr.org

But she was evidently a strange child -- greatly preferring the company of adults, educated patchily and -- by her own confession -- rather a prig.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Some think him a dupe, an insufferable prig, worst of all a windbag.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Which leads me to the second point, a difficult one to make without sounding like a prig.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Stop being a prig, a live a little.

www.catholicherald.co.uk

She has turned me into a model man but not a prig, she is a wildly exciting lover-mistress, she is shy and witty, she is nobody's fool.

www.dailymail.co.uk

It is being actively harassed by a bunch of do-gooding prigs (my opinion); upholders of female dignity/practical linguists (their opinion).

www.smh.com.au

Whilst certainly not a prig, he could not with justice have been placed in the saintly category.

en.wikipedia.org

Black has no time to learn the names of bourgeois prigs.

www.macleans.ca

Emotionally confused in thought.... a self-conscious prig, so given to examining all sides of a question that he becomes thoroughly addled while remaining always in the same spot.

www.slate.com