| 单词 | sunday saint |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSunday saint Sunday saint n. a person who is pious only on Sunday, typically one who behaves immorally during the rest of the week; (hence) a hypocrite; frequently in a Sunday saint and a weekday (also Monday, everyday, etc.) sinner (also devil, etc.) and variants. ΚΠ 1821 H. C. Knight Poems (ed. 2) II. 151 The House is but few rods from Court, And Place, where sunday-saints resort. 1826 T. Wetherald Serm. 32 It is not to keep one day in seven; for every day is a sabbath. It will not constitute every day devils and sunday saints. 1859 Biblical Repertory Oct. 736 So the Sunday-saints raise their heads up and down out of the swamp of their church-creeds, and croak ‘Sanctify the Sabbath!’ 1901 F. E. Taylor Folk-Speech S. Lanc. 35 He's a Sunday saint an' a Monday divvle. (Said of a pseudo-religious man.) 2001 J. Schifter Latino Truck Driver Trade vii. 89 The saying ‘Sunday saint, weekday sinner’ demonstrates compartmentalization. < as lemmas |
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