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1 a whited sepulchre
1) гроб повапленный, ханжа, лицемер [этим. библ. Matthew XXIII, 27]You, whited sepulchre! The door clicked before he could answer the odd insult... (J. Galsworthy, ‘Caravan’, ‘Virtue’) — "Эх ты, гроб повапленный!" Дверь захлопнулась раньше, чем он смог ответить на это странное оскорбление...
Could the public be induced to vote for him with all the churches fulminating against private immorality, hypocrites, and whited sepulchres? (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Titan’, ch. XLIV) — Кому будет охота голосовать за него, когда во всех церквах только и слышишь, как громят прелюбодеяние, лицемерие и фарисейство?
2) что-л. пустое, ничтожное, прикрывающееся наружным блеском...we... can never forget the petty annoyances, the humiliating treatment, the rank injustices, the frustrations, the avoidable human suffering, and the evil atmosphere of this whited sepulchre of a place. (E. Flynn, ‘The Alderson Story’, ch. XXV) —...мы... никогда не забудем всех тех мелочных придирок, бесконечных унижений и грубых несправедливостей, которые нам пришлось испытать; мы всегда будем помнить, как людей там доводили до отчаяния, как их заставляли выносить ничем не оправданные страдания, задыхаться в гнусной атмосфере этого кладбища человеческих душ.
What most failed to realize was that Lincoln International, like a surprising number of other major airports, was close to becoming a whited sepulchre. Mel Bakersfield pondered the phrase whited sepulchre while riding in darkness down runway one seven, left. It was an apt definition, he thought. The airport's deficiencies were serious and basic, yet, since they were mostly out of public view, only insiders were aware of them. (A. Hailey, ‘Airport’, part I, ch. 8) — Большинство людей не подозревало, что международный аэропорт Линкольн, так же как и большое число других крупных аэропортов, вот-вот обратится в своего рода гроб повапленный. Мел Бейкерсфилд обдумывал это выражение в то время, как в темноте ехал по левой взлетно-посадочной полосе. Он считал подобное определение удачным. У аэропорта были очень крупные недостатки. Но о них знали только сотрудники аэропорта, так как в большинстве случаев посторонние не могли их заметить.
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