holier-than-thou

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Hypocritically or self-righteously pious; sanctimonious; smugly morally superior.

Pircarînî

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Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈhəʊ.li.ə ð(ə)n ˈðaʊ/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From Isaiah 65:5 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou”; from Biblical Hebrew קְדַשְׁתִּיךָ (qəḏaštîḵā).

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