preach water and drink wine

English

Verb

preach water and drink wine (third-person singular simple present preaches water and drinks wine, present participle preaching water and drinking wine, simple past preached water and drank wine, past participle preached water and drunk wine)

1. To act hypocritically; to fail to practice what one preaches.

Translations

act hypocritically

• Czech: kázat vodu a pít víno (cs)
• Finnish: sanoa yhtä ja tehdä toista
• German: Wasser predigen und Wein trinken (de)
• Polish: postępować hipokrytycznie impf