creeping Jesus

British  

noun

1. an obsequious or servile person

2. a hypocritically religious person

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Example Sentences

And though Cora continues to bully and mistreat her sister, persisting in calling her "Creeping Jesus", Janice somehow rises above it, becoming attractive and likeable, bunking off school at 16 to have sex with a boyfriend.

From The Guardian

When "Creeping Jesus" glided up to his cell door like a phantom, and flashed his lantern upon Lem, he found him hour after hour wide awake, his eyes burning and starry with the unquenchable fire of a throbbing, wild, mad unrest.

From Project Gutenberg

He was only aroused momentarily when hour after hour "Creeping Jesus" hung at his door for an instant, like a great nocturnal humming-bird, then darted away like a winged phantom.

From Project Gutenberg

They call you Creeping Jesus if you say your prayers, and you can't say them with a girl laughing or singing behind your back, so you think you'll say them to yourself in bed, but sleep comes sooner than you expect, and so you slips out of the habit.

From Project Gutenberg