height of hypocrisy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofheightandhypocrisy
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height
noun[C or U]
uk/haɪt/us/haɪt/
the distance from the top to the bottom of something, or the quality of ...
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hypocrisy
noun[U]
uk/hɪˈpɒk.rɪ.si/us/hɪˈpɑː.krə.si/
a situation in which someone pretends to believe something that they do not really believe, or that is the opposite of what they do or say at ...
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(Definition ofheightandhypocrisyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For him then to say that he is the man who is going to the barricades to help the ratepayer is theheightofhypocrisy.
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I think that is theheightofhypocrisy.
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Is that not theheightofhypocrisyand as near as can be to political corruption?
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Is it not theheightofhypocrisyfor such people to criticise a scheme which would give the lowest-paid workers something of a lift-up?
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It is a mockery; it is theheightofhypocrisy.
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Is it not, therefore, theheightofhypocrisyfor them to call a debate on funding, when they are secretly planning to cut it?
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But those words are theheightofhypocrisywhilst nurses and ancillary workers are amongst the lowest paid.
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To celebrate the skills of a beautiful wild animal by dying to see it pulled to shreds is theheightofhypocrisy.
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That being our position, and convinced opinion, it would be theheightofhypocrisynot to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the alliance.
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It is surely theheightofhypocrisyto call for more investment in water and then to complain about the consequences.
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That is theheightofhypocrisyand the world's children will suffer as a result.
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Is it not theheightofhypocrisyto seek to deny that choice to my constituents and others?
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For them to call for ever more public expenditure across the board and, at the same time, lower taxation is theheightofhypocrisy.
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Complaints about that from a party that, during 18 years in government, never consulted anybody on anything before reaching conclusions, is theheightofhypocrisy.
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It is theheightofhypocrisyto say that they wantonly discretion.
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That is theheightofhypocrisy.
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That must be theheightofhypocrisy.
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It is theheightofhypocrisy.
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Is that not theheightofhypocrisy?
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Is it not theheightofhypocrisy?
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