hidebound

It concluded that the police forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina are both hidebound and unprepared for the future.
Elle concluait que les forces de police de la Bosnie-Herzégovine étaient rigides et mal préparées pour l'avenir.
I hope it follows the lead given by foreign ministers, which makes the discussion on these occasions rather less formal and hidebound.
J'espère que ce dernier se fera dans la lignée des rencontres entre ministres des Affaires étrangères, qui ont rendu les discussions moins formelles et moins rigides dans ce genre d'occasions.
It is no longer the old hidebound intelligentsia which tried to place itself above classes, but which actually, taken in the mass served the landlords and the capitalists.
Ce ne sont plus ces vieux intellectuels encroûtés, qui prétendaient se placer audessus des classes, mais qui, dans leur masse, servaient en réalité les grands propriétaires fonciers et les capitalistes.
Now those of us that live in the West, if I can use that term, I think have a much more hidebound attitude or sense of music—that somehow it's all about skill and systems.
Ceux d'entre nous qui vivent en Occident, si je peux utiliser ce terme, je crois que nous avons une attitude ou un sens de la musique plus conventionnelle, et que d'une certaine façon est une histoire d'aptitude et de systèmes.
He's hidebound, you see.
Il est borné.
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