turn\ one's\ nose\ up\ at

turn\ one's\ nose\ up\ at
v. phr.
To scorn; snub; look down at somebody or something.

I don't understand why Sue has to turn her nose up at everyone who didn't go to an Ivy League college.


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  • turn one's nose up at — ► turn one s nose up at informal show distaste or contempt for. Main Entry: ↑nose …   English terms dictionary

  • turn one's nose up at — {v. phr.} To scorn; snub; look down at somebody or something. * /I don t understand why Sue has to turn her nose up at everyone who didn t go to an Ivy League college./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • turn one's nose up at — {v. phr.} To scorn; snub; look down at somebody or something. * /I don t understand why Sue has to turn her nose up at everyone who didn t go to an Ivy League college./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • turn one's nose up at — informal show distaste or contempt for. → nose …   English new terms dictionary

  • turn one's nose up at something — informal show distaste or contempt for something he turned his nose up at the job …   Useful english dictionary

  • turn up one's nose at — (informal) To refuse or receive contemptuously • • • Main Entry: ↑nose * * * see nose …   Useful english dictionary

  • turn up one's nose —    If you turn up your nose at something, you reject it because you think it is not good enough for you.     He s out of work, but he turns up his nose at any job he s offered …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • turn up one's nose at — idi turn up one s nose at, to dismiss or reject disdainfully …   From formal English to slang

  • wrinkle one's nose — turn up one s nose …   English contemporary dictionary

  • follow one's nose — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To go straight ahead; continue in the same direction. * /Just follow your nose and you ll get there./ 2. To go any way you happen to think of. * /Oh, I don t know just where I want to go. I ll just follow my nose and see… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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