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词汇 creeping Jesus
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Definition of creeping Jesus in English:

creeping Jesus

noun
British informal
  • A person who is obsequious or hypocritically pious.

    〈英,非正式〉逢迎拍马的人;伪君子;假虔诚的人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • What sort of person is it who sneers at him as ‘the creeping Jesus of the sandpit’?
    • If only the sandals and pistachio-colored shirts could be put in a pile and burnt, and every vegetarian, teetotaler and creeping Jesus sent home to Welwyn Garden City to do his yoga exercises quietly.
    Synonyms
    sanctimonious person, pietist, whited sepulchre, plaster saint, humbug, pretender, deceiver, dissembler, impostor
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