popinjay w Słowniku włoskim Oxford-Paravia

Tłumaczenia dla hasła popinjay w angielski»włoski słowniku

popinjay [Brit ˈpɒpɪndʒeɪ, Am ˈpɑpənˌdʒeɪ] RZ. arch.

popinjay (parrot)

pappagallo r.m.

popinjay (shooting target)

bersaglio r.m. (raffigurante un pappagallo)

popinjay (conceited man)

damerino r.m.

Przykłady jednojęzyczne (niezredagowane i niesprawdzone przez PONS)

angielski

The same low-rent popinjays that might be seen on any bay beach.

www.smh.com.au

This led us to conclude that the green background was applied on the entire wall first, varnished, and the popinjay was then painted on top.

spie.org

In his view, a director, except insofar as he or she efficiently directs traffic, is a useless popinjay.

www.theglobeandmail.com

We became ribald popinjays living on the outer fringes of other peoples' lives.

thenationonlineng.net

Let me expose a typical modus operandi of these popinjays.

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And by enlightening others, we would have severed the trail of broken hearts and rendered the popinjays powerless, for knowledge, we are told, is power.

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A popinjay of rare ridiculousness, he would besmirch a group of arrested-development 12-year-olds with his lightness of being.

www.spectator.co.uk

It is the quality that distinguishes true leaders from popinjays.

www.telegraph.co.uk

I do hope he doesn't, for neither of those serious statesmen deserves the insult of being compared with this popinjay.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Some of the very many similar alternative terms are: coxcomb, fribble, popinjay (meaning parrot), fashion-monger, and ninny.

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