의미: prigprig1 n. 《경멸》 (도덕·예절 등에) 융통성이 없는[꾀까다로운] 사람; 점잔 빼는 사람, 학자[도덕가, 교육가]인 체하는 사람
prig 관용구
sit bolt upright
Idiom(s): sit bolt upright
Theme: POSITION
to sit up straight. • Tony sat bolt upright and listened to what the teacher was saying to him. • After sitting bolt upright for almost an hour in that crowded airplane, I swore I would never travel again.
bolt upright
bolt upright Precisely perpendicular, erect in carriage, as in She sat bolt upright in her pew. This expression was used in slightly different form by Chaucer in the late 1300s: “She was ... long as a mast and upright as a bolt” (The Miller's Tale).
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