Definition of preach to the choir
preach to the choir
verb
- to attempt to convince a person or group of something that they already believe.
- See more words with the same meaning: religion (related to).
Last edited on Nov 29 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'religion (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: disparaging term for an enthusiastic religious believer. | |
| Definitions include: a person who practices the virtues of Catholicism for the duration of the mass (roughly 45 minutes) but not for the remainder of the week. | |
| Definitions include: "pray to Jesus". | |
| Definitions include: a person who regards or treats people who are not of their own religion with with hatred and intolerance. | |
| Definitions include: Christian. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in Jesus's name." | |
| Definitions include: promoting Christianity. | |
| Definitions include: derogatory term for Christian. | |
| Definitions include: God. | |
| Definitions include: Christianity. | |
| Definitions include: a Mormon. | |
| Definitions include: relating to a WASP. | |
| Definitions include: "Jesus". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "fuck my life." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant." | |
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| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: Inclusive | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: meaning caring about everything. | |
| Definitions include: extremely popular. | |
| Definitions include: taking a passive role. | |
Other terms relating to 'to': | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: See nine to five. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority. | |
| Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio. | |
| Definitions include: to revisit one's past. | |
| Definitions include: to go back to the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: extreme; "all out". | |
| Definitions include: to be vastly superior. | |
| Definitions include: to perform an activity before someone else. | |
| Definitions include: to be unintelligible. | |
| Definitions include: to do. | |
| Definitions include: more important things to deal with. | |
| Definitions include: to kill or destroy. | |
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