straight-laced

Only through such a straight-laced instrument of leadership could the Bolshevik tactic be carried through and the historical task of Russia's revolutionary intelligentsia be fulfilled.
Sans cet instrument rigide du pouvoir, la tactique bolchevique n’aurait pu être menée à bien, et l’oeuvre historique de l’intelligentsia révolutionnaire russe n’aurait pu s’accomplir.
They were so straight-laced that they didn't want to hear dirty jokes.
Ils étaient tellement puritains qu'ils ne voulaient pas entendre de blagues salaces.
You have this image of yourself as this straight-laced, tight guy but I've seen you cut loose in the man cave, and it is fantastic.
Tu te perçois comme un gars coincé et sérieux, mais je t'ai vu te laisser aller dans la caverne, et c'était super.
You have this image of yourself as this straight-laced, tight guy, but I've seen you cut loose in the man cave, and it is fantastic.
Tu te perçois comme un gars coincé et sérieux, mais je t'ai vu te laisser aller dans la caverne, et c'était super.
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