Uriah Heep

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim A fictional character, Uriah Heep, in the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield, noted for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and insincerity, the stereotypical yes man.
2. isim Someone like the fictional character Uriah Heep.

   “She is the Uriah Heep of society, humbling herself before the Church and the Law, whispering sweetly her vow to honor and obey, hugging her chains as a chattel and a slave.”

3. fiil To be a yes man, in the style of Uriah Heep.

   “But he'd Uriah-Heeped himself into yet another corner from which she refused to extricate him.”