Definition of plaster saint in English:

plaster saint

noun

A person who makes a show of being without moral faults or human weakness, especially in a hypocritical way.
she is no plaster saint—she acknowledges her faults and is quick to ask forgiveness
Example sentencesExamples
- First, because I think it is very important to view the great men in our past as real people, not as plaster saints.
- I wonder if the Ecuadorian workers she helped back in the '60s would have bridled at being portrayed as plaster saints if a movie had ever been made about them.
- As you might have heard, I'm leaving the Guardian next year for the Times, having finally been convinced that my evil populist philistinism has no place in a publication read by so many all-round, top-drawer plaster saints.
- He's no plaster saint (like the rest of us).
- This is absurd, of course, but it is also unfair to Washington, who is less of a plaster saint and therefore more interesting than his biographer makes him out to be.
- We were all trying to be as solicitous of her family as we possibly could, without making her a plaster saint, which is not very realistic.
- Were these people plaster saints - super-Christians who lived their whole lives surfing the clouds, drop-kicking demons, and laughing at temptation?
Synonyms
sanctimonious person, pietist, whited sepulchre, humbug, pretender, deceiver, dissembler, impostor

Definition of plaster saint in US English:

plaster saint

nounˈplæstər seɪnt

A person who makes a show of being without moral faults or human weakness, especially in a hypocritical way.
she is no plaster saint—she acknowledges her faults and is quick to ask forgiveness
Example sentencesExamples
- First, because I think it is very important to view the great men in our past as real people, not as plaster saints.
- He's no plaster saint (like the rest of us).
- This is absurd, of course, but it is also unfair to Washington, who is less of a plaster saint and therefore more interesting than his biographer makes him out to be.
- As you might have heard, I'm leaving the Guardian next year for the Times, having finally been convinced that my evil populist philistinism has no place in a publication read by so many all-round, top-drawer plaster saints.
- I wonder if the Ecuadorian workers she helped back in the '60s would have bridled at being portrayed as plaster saints if a movie had ever been made about them.
- We were all trying to be as solicitous of her family as we possibly could, without making her a plaster saint, which is not very realistic.
- Were these people plaster saints - super-Christians who lived their whole lives surfing the clouds, drop-kicking demons, and laughing at temptation?
Synonyms
sanctimonious person, pietist, whited sepulchre, humbug, pretender, deceiver, dissembler, impostor

单词	plaster saint
释义	Definition of plaster saint in English: plaster saint noun A person who makes a show of being without moral faults or human weakness, especially in a hypocritical way. she is no plaster saint—she acknowledges her faults and is quick to ask forgiveness Example sentencesExamples First, because I think it is very important to view the great men in our past as real people, not as plaster saints. I wonder if the Ecuadorian workers she helped back in the '60s would have bridled at being portrayed as plaster saints if a movie had ever been made about them. As you might have heard, I'm leaving the Guardian next year for the Times, having finally been convinced that my evil populist philistinism has no place in a publication read by so many all-round, top-drawer plaster saints. He's no plaster saint (like the rest of us). This is absurd, of course, but it is also unfair to Washington, who is less of a plaster saint and therefore more interesting than his biographer makes him out to be. We were all trying to be as solicitous of her family as we possibly could, without making her a plaster saint, which is not very realistic. Were these people plaster saints - super-Christians who lived their whole lives surfing the clouds, drop-kicking demons, and laughing at temptation? Synonyms sanctimonious person, pietist, whited sepulchre, humbug, pretender, deceiver, dissembler, impostor Definition of plaster saint in US English: plaster saint nounˈplæstər seɪnt A person who makes a show of being without moral faults or human weakness, especially in a hypocritical way. she is no plaster saint—she acknowledges her faults and is quick to ask forgiveness Example sentencesExamples First, because I think it is very important to view the great men in our past as real people, not as plaster saints. He's no plaster saint (like the rest of us). This is absurd, of course, but it is also unfair to Washington, who is less of a plaster saint and therefore more interesting than his biographer makes him out to be. As you might have heard, I'm leaving the Guardian next year for the Times, having finally been convinced that my evil populist philistinism has no place in a publication read by so many all-round, top-drawer plaster saints. I wonder if the Ecuadorian workers she helped back in the '60s would have bridled at being portrayed as plaster saints if a movie had ever been made about them. We were all trying to be as solicitous of her family as we possibly could, without making her a plaster saint, which is not very realistic. Were these people plaster saints - super-Christians who lived their whole lives surfing the clouds, drop-kicking demons, and laughing at temptation? Synonyms sanctimonious person, pietist, whited sepulchre, humbug, pretender, deceiver, dissembler, impostor
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