Idiom meaning, usage examples, facts

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LOOK DOWN (ONE'S) NOSE AT (SOMEONE/SMTH.)
to be snobbish about someone or smth.
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1. The well-off people in this city look down their noses at taking public transportation. They only take taxis.
2. The girl’s parents would not let her marry the young man because he was from a lower social class. They looked down their noses at him.

The expression suggests that one person is on a higher (social) level and must look down his nose in order to see the person or thing on the lower level.


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