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preach water and drink wine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables
preach wa-ter and -drink wine
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

preaches water and drinks wine (present, singular) preaching water and drinking wine (participle, present) preached water and drank wine (past) preached water and drunk wine (participle, past)

Phrases

out of both sides of one's mouth

Frequently Paired Words

out of both sides of one's mouth

Questions

What does preach water and drink wine mean?
To act hypocritically; to fail to practice what one preaches.

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