lupul moralist

English translation: Tarfuffe / Pecksniff / wolf in sheep's clothing

09:37 Sep 8, 2015
Romanian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Romanian term or phrase: lupul moralist
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Valentin Cirdei
Romania
Local time: 04:14
English translation:Tarfuffe / Pecksniff / wolf in sheep's clothing
Explanation:
Dacă se referă strict la fabulă, evident recomand varianta a treia.

Celelalte două sunt variante posibile în texte generale.
http://www.britannica.com/topic/Seth-Pecksniff
(Apare şi în Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable)

Tartuffe: http://www.bard.org/attacking-hypocrisy-not-religion/
(Are totuşi conotaţii religioase)

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Note added at 5 days (2015-09-14 08:37:27 GMT) Post-grading
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Acum observ greşeala de tastare din titlu... E evident Tartuffe :)
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Annamaria Amik
Local time: 04:14
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4 +4look who's talking
Ana Ureche-Johnson
5 +1moralizing wolf
adami
3Tarfuffe / Pecksniff / wolf in sheep's clothing
Annamaria Amik


  

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moralizing wolf


Explanation:
The Egoist wastes no breath to persuade the fanatic that the end would not justify the means. He knows that the wish was father to the thought. The doctrine of exceptional justification was the inevitable excuse, like the wolf’s brief remarks to the lamb at the stream. That wolf was not a natural wolf, but a moralizing wolf; still, altogether a wolf in fact.
http://abissonichilista.altervista.org/philosophy-egoism-xvi...

A French lady, who sat opposite to him, said, in an under tone, but sufficiantiy only the Union, which our fathers made. loud to be heard by Seward, "loupmoraliite." The Secretary understood it as a compliment, and betrayed signs of exquisite satisfaction in Pollard, giving the Confederate account of his face. What will be his sensations when told that the French lady called him "a moralizing wolf?"
http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/The_Old_Guard_10...

adami
Romania
Local time: 04:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 96

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agree  Octavia Veresteanu
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
look who's talking


Explanation:
"look who's talking!" in British English
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look who's talking!
(also you're a fine one to talk!, also you can/can't talk!, US also you should talk!) informal
› something you say when someone ​criticizes you for something that that ​person does himself or herself:
I'm ​lazy? You're a ​fine one to talk!
(Definition of look who's talking! from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)


    Reference: http://dictionary.cambridge.org
Ana Ureche-Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:14
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Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 16

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agree  Maria Diaconu
1 min
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agree  Monica S.
2 hrs
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agree  Alice Crisan: Grigore Alexandrescu - Lupul moralist - - elefant.ro www.elefant.ro/carti/.../lupul-moralist-212161.html - Lupul moralist - Grigore Alexandrescu - - Versiune romana, franceza, germana, engleza
4 hrs
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agree  Iosif JUHASZ
1 day 7 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Tarfuffe / Pecksniff / wolf in sheep's clothing


Explanation:
Dacă se referă strict la fabulă, evident recomand varianta a treia.

Celelalte două sunt variante posibile în texte generale.
http://www.britannica.com/topic/Seth-Pecksniff
(Apare şi în Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable)

Tartuffe: http://www.bard.org/attacking-hypocrisy-not-religion/
(Are totuşi conotaţii religioase)

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Note added at 5 days (2015-09-14 08:37:27 GMT) Post-grading
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Acum observ greşeala de tastare din titlu... E evident Tartuffe :)

Annamaria Amik
Local time: 04:14
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Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 24
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