look down your nose at

look down your nose at
look down your nose at informal phrase
to think that you are better or more important than someone, or to think that something is not good enough for you
Thesaurus: to not value something or someonesynonym
Main entry: look

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look down your nose at
: to think of or treat (someone or something) as unimportant or not worthy of respect

She looked down her nose at her neighbors.

writers who look down their noses at popular culture

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Main Entry:look
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look down your nose at — see look, 1
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Main Entry:nose

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • look down (your) nose at — (someone/something) to consider someone or something as not important or of value. The regular staff looked down their noses at us freelancers …   New idioms dictionary

  • look down (your) nose at something — look down (your) nose at (something/someone) informal to think that someone is less important than you or that something is not good enough for you. I always felt that she looked down her nose at us because we spoke with strong accents and hadn t …   New idioms dictionary

  • look down (your) nose at someone — look down (your) nose at (something/someone) informal to think that someone is less important than you or that something is not good enough for you. I always felt that she looked down her nose at us because we spoke with strong accents and hadn t …   New idioms dictionary

  • look down your nose at somebody — look down your ˈnose at sb/sth idiom (informal, especially BrE) to behave in a way that suggests that you think that you are better than sb or that sth is not good enough for you Syn: look down on Main entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • look down your nose at something — look down your ˈnose at sb/sth idiom (informal, especially BrE) to behave in a way that suggests that you think that you are better than sb or that sth is not good enough for you Syn: look down on Main entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • look down (your) nose at someone — look down (your) nose at (someone/something) to consider someone or something as not important or of value. The regular staff looked down their noses at us freelancers …   New idioms dictionary

  • look down (your) nose at something — look down (your) nose at (someone/something) to consider someone or something as not important or of value. The regular staff looked down their noses at us freelancers …   New idioms dictionary

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