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Definition of Walter Mitty in English: Walter Mittynoun wɔːltə ˈmɪtiˌwɔltər ˈmɪdi often as modifier A person who fantasizes about a life much more exciting and glamorous than their own. 美好生活的狂想者；做白日梦的人 my client is very much a Walter Mitty character 我的当事人是一个沃尔特·米蒂式的人物。 Example sentencesExamples - John Brown is an out-and-out liar for all the reasons that I see printed in comments before mine, which came to mind as I read this Walter Mitty fantasy.
- She also vented her anger over Downing Street spokesman Tom Brown's description of his resembling a Walter Mitty character.
- The piece of the plan that is reminiscent of a Walter Mitty escapade relates to the proposal to recruit 200 business bankers in Britain within three years.
- Mr Kosword QC for Peter Jones compared these to the day dreams of a Walter Mitty.
- Many may of course just dismiss Mike as yet another farang who has come here to retire, and reinvent himself, like a Walter Mitty, as the character of his fanciful dreams.
- This is not the raising of scenarios by a Walter Mitty amateur detective helping the police.
- Off the record, that guy probably was a bit of a Walter Mitty / Billy Liar type character.
- McLean, United's former manager and chairman, had previously declared he would never sell his 42% stake to a man he dubbed a Walter Mitty character.
- ‘He was a bit of a Walter Mitty character,’ said Det Insp Clay.
- Another witness, Neil Smithson, described Barry Trumen as a Walter Mitty character.
- Was he a good man or was he a Walter Mitty fantasist?
- The lovely Jef writes that my blog ‘has a Walter Mitty quality.’
- Did this man whose entire life has been spent as an office worker in dull and colorless businesses in rural Pennsylvania just suddenly have a Walter Mitty fantasy that happened to come true?
- Any idea that he was a Walter Mitty character has crumbled.
- Jailing him Judge Charles Wade said: ‘The expression ‘a Walter Mitty lifestyle’ has not been mentioned in this but it seems a reasonable thing for me to say.’
- None of this Walter Mitty posturing especially surprised Schwarzkopf, who points out that he'd already known Cheney as ‘one of the fiercest cold warriors in Congress.’
- ‘Paul was a bit of a Walter Mitty character,’ said Mr Barnes in his statement.
- Yet in the report they called him a Walter Mitty character and ignored his intelligence.
- During his court appearance White's mother described her son as a Walter Mitty character, who created plans in his own mind which had no chance of coming to fruition and which bore no resemblance to reality.
- Though Grant's writing could be incisive and even belligerent, in manner he was more of a Walter Mitty.
Synonyms utopian, visionary, wishful thinker, pipe-dreamer, fantasist, fantasizer, romantic, romanticist, romancer, castle-builder, don quixote, dreamer, daydreamer, impractical person, unrealistic person
OriginThe hero of the story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (by James Thurber, 1939), who indulged in extravagant daydreams of his own triumphs. Definition of Walter Mitty in US English: Walter Mittynounˌwɔltər ˈmɪdiˌwôltər ˈmidē often as modifier A person who fantasizes about a life much more exciting and glamorous than their own. 美好生活的狂想者；做白日梦的人 my client is very much a Walter Mitty character 我的当事人是一个沃尔特·米蒂式的人物。 Example sentencesExamples - McLean, United's former manager and chairman, had previously declared he would never sell his 42% stake to a man he dubbed a Walter Mitty character.
- The lovely Jef writes that my blog ‘has a Walter Mitty quality.’
- Another witness, Neil Smithson, described Barry Trumen as a Walter Mitty character.
- She also vented her anger over Downing Street spokesman Tom Brown's description of his resembling a Walter Mitty character.
- ‘Paul was a bit of a Walter Mitty character,’ said Mr Barnes in his statement.
- Mr Kosword QC for Peter Jones compared these to the day dreams of a Walter Mitty.
- This is not the raising of scenarios by a Walter Mitty amateur detective helping the police.
- Jailing him Judge Charles Wade said: ‘The expression ‘a Walter Mitty lifestyle’ has not been mentioned in this but it seems a reasonable thing for me to say.’
- None of this Walter Mitty posturing especially surprised Schwarzkopf, who points out that he'd already known Cheney as ‘one of the fiercest cold warriors in Congress.’
- Did this man whose entire life has been spent as an office worker in dull and colorless businesses in rural Pennsylvania just suddenly have a Walter Mitty fantasy that happened to come true?
- Yet in the report they called him a Walter Mitty character and ignored his intelligence.
- The piece of the plan that is reminiscent of a Walter Mitty escapade relates to the proposal to recruit 200 business bankers in Britain within three years.
- During his court appearance White's mother described her son as a Walter Mitty character, who created plans in his own mind which had no chance of coming to fruition and which bore no resemblance to reality.
- John Brown is an out-and-out liar for all the reasons that I see printed in comments before mine, which came to mind as I read this Walter Mitty fantasy.
- Any idea that he was a Walter Mitty character has crumbled.
- Was he a good man or was he a Walter Mitty fantasist?
- Off the record, that guy probably was a bit of a Walter Mitty / Billy Liar type character.
- Many may of course just dismiss Mike as yet another farang who has come here to retire, and reinvent himself, like a Walter Mitty, as the character of his fanciful dreams.
- Though Grant's writing could be incisive and even belligerent, in manner he was more of a Walter Mitty.
- ‘He was a bit of a Walter Mitty character,’ said Det Insp Clay.
Synonyms utopian, visionary, wishful thinker, pipe-dreamer, fantasist, fantasizer, romantic, romanticist, romancer, castle-builder, don quixote, dreamer, daydreamer, impractical person, unrealistic person
OriginThe hero of the story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (by James Thurber, 1939), who indulged in extravagant daydreams of his own triumphs. |