"preach water and drink wine" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: preaches water and drinks wine [present, singular, third-person], preaching water and drinking wine [participle, present], preached water and drank wine [past], preached water and drunk wine [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|preach<> water and drink<,,drank,drunk> wine}} 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): kázat vodu a pít víno (Czech), sanoa yhtä ja tehdä toista (Finnish), Wasser predigen und Wein trinken (German), postępować hipokrytycznie [imperfective] (Polish)

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