más papista que el papa: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- Excessively strict, zealous, or orthodox about rules, doctrines, or propriety; more rigorous than the authority itself.
- Overly concerned with propriety or conformity to a set of standards, often to the point of hypocrisy or pedantry.
Examples
BetaLa profesora es más papista que el papa y no permite que nadie se salte ni una sola regla en clase.
The teacher is more papist than the pope and doesn't allow anyone to break even a single rule in class.
Aunque la ley es clara, algunos jueces son más papistas que el papa y aplican castigos muy severos.
Although the law is clear, some judges are more zealous than the pope and impose very harsh punishments.
No puedo creer que en esta oficina sean más papistas que el papa al exigir tanta burocracia innecesaria.
I can't believe that in this office they're more strict than the pope by demanding so much unnecessary bureaucracy.
Examples:
- ES: Así que no seas más papista que el papa, querido Alex.EN: Don't be more Catholic than the Pope, my dear Alex.
- ES: ¿Te sientes más papista que el papa?EN: Are you feeling holier than thou?
- ES: Creo que sus opiniones son propaganda egocéntrica, más papista que el papa.EN: I happen to find her viewpoints to be little more than self-serving, blacker-than-thou propaganda.
- ES: Ay, doña Lola, no sea usted más papista que el papa.EN: Don't be more Catholic than the pope.
- ES: Es usted más papista que el papa.EN: You're more catholic than the Pope himself.
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