look down your nose at

look down your nose at
look at a person as though he is not as good as you
  

Just because he's rich he looks down his nose at us.


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  • 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 * * * look down your nose at : to think of or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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 been to college …   New idioms dictionary

  • 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

  • look down your nose at — informal to think that you are better or more important than someone, or to think that something is not good enough for you …   English dictionary

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