pearl-clutching betydelse and definition

Betydelse av pearl-clutching på svenska

• 0 a very shocked reaction, especially one in which you show more shock than you really feel in order to show that you think something is morally wrong:

  • Talking about sex always causes a bit of pearl-clutching.

  • His fake pearl-clutching was only intended to make her angry.

• 1 having a very shocked reaction to something, especially showing more shock than you really feel in order to show that you think something is morally wrong:

  • They expressed pearl-clutching horror that she was an unmarried mother.

  • pearl-clutching hypocrisy