Virtue-signalling or 'Public virtues, private vices?' --- Thank you for these examples, Liliana! The first reminds of the French equivalent: 'Pour un averti, un demi-ton suffit' The second took me a while to understand as there is no equivalent in English. The expression 'virtue-signalling' probably comes closest but doesn't allow for the essential contrast. Maybe 'Public virtues, private vices' comes closest?

Any suggestions for an equivalent from anybody else?

Source author: Biljana Scott biscott@diplomacy.edu