Meanings
verbpreach water and drink wine (third-person singular simple present preaches water and drinks wine, present participle preaching water and drinking wine, simple past preached water and drank wine, past participle preached water and drunk wine)
present singular third person preaches water and drinks wine · participle present preaching water and drinking wine · past preached water and drank wine · participle past preached water and drunk wine
- idiomaticinformalTo act hypocritically; to fail to practice what one preaches.
Translations
Czech kázat vodu a pít víno
- kázat vodu a pít vínoact hypocritically
Finnish sanoa yhtä ja tehdä toista
- sanoa yhtä ja tehdä toistaact hypocritically
German Wasser predigen und Wein trinken
- Wasser predigen und Wein trinkenact hypocritically
Hungarian vizet prédikál és bort iszik
- vizet prédikál és bort iszikact hypocritically
Italian predicare bene e razzolare male
- predicare bene e razzolare maleact hypocritically
Polish postępować hipokrytycznie
- postępować hipokrytycznieact hypocritically
Spanish a Dios rogando y con el mazo dando
- a Dios rogando y con el mazo dandoact hypocritically
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