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.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань".
Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс.
1997.
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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
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