pearl-clutching
noun[U]
uk/ˈpɜːl ˌklʌtʃ.ɪŋ/us/ˈpɝːl ˌklʌtʃ.ɪŋ/disapproving
a veryshockedreaction,especiallyone in which you show moreshockthan you reallyfeelinorderto show that youthinksomething ismorallywrong:
表示震惊及大不赞同，抓狂Talking aboutsexalwayscausesabitof pearl-clutching.一谈到性总是会让她有点抓狂。
Hisfakepearl-clutching was onlyintendedto make herangry.他假装抓狂不过是为了让她生气。
Feeling morally superior
- claim
- claim the moral high groundidiom
- de haut en bas
- holier-than-thou
- judgmental
- judgmentally
- loftiness
- moralistic
- preachy
- priggish
- righteous
- sanctimonious
- sanctimoniously
- sanctimoniousness
- self-righteous
- self-righteously
- superior
- superiority complex
- virtue signalling
- virtuous
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Reacting and responding
pearl-clutching
adjective
uk/ˈpɜːl ˌklʌtʃ.ɪŋ/us/ˈpɝːl ˌklʌtʃ.ɪŋ/disapproving
having a veryshockedreactionto something,especiallyshowingmoreshockthan you reallyfeelinorderto show that youthinksomething ismorallywrong:
表示出震惊及大不赞同的，（对某事）抓狂的Theyexpressedpearl-clutchinghorrorthat she was anunmarriedmother.对于她是未婚妈妈这件事，他们的反应极为震惊且不屑。
pearl-clutchinghypocrisy故作震惊的矫揉造作
Reacting and responding
- act onsomething
- backlash
- bat
- batsomethingback
- bite
- bite back (atsomeone/something)
- overreact
- overreaction
- play it by earidiom
- press/pushsomeone'sbuttonsidiom
- press/push/hit (all) the right buttonsidiom
- reaction
- respond
- sensitive
- supersensitivity
- ticklish
- ultra-sensitive
- wake
- wake up!idiom
- whitelash
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Surprised
Feeling morally superior