holier-than-thou

And yet as Robert Ward discovered, Marvin—for all of his larger-than-life machismo—was surprising in real life.

My younger, straighter-than-an-arrow son was stopped and arrested in two separate jurisdictions a few years ago.

He was the larger-than-the-life figure, and he loomed impossibly large over this campaign.

Barack Obama is in for a rougher-than-usual couple of months.

Kim is mocking the entire value system on which she built her career, as well as her own less-than-savory past.

Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him.

Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control.

For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children.

In the time when thou shalt end the days of thy life, and in the time of thy decease, distribute thy inheritance.

Forget it not: for there is no returning, and thou shalt do him no good, and shalt hurt thyself.