thumb your nose at

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to make a rude sign with your thumb on your nose; to show that you have no respect for sb / sth

   he'd thumbed his nose at the Ad Board, he'd gotten a lot of notoriety.

   We're both reformers who are not afraid to thumb our nose at our own party.

In the movies · 2

• he'd thumbed his nose at the Ad Board, he'd gotten a lot of notoriety.The Social Network2010
• We're both reformers who are not afraid to thumb our nose at our own party.Game Change2012
• All you can do is thumb your nose at it.The Man from Earth2007

Learn it in full scenes

• The Social Network2010
  • Erica Dumps Mark at the Bar
  • Mark Builds Facemash
  • Mark Crashes Harvard's Network

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• hold thumbs
• thumbs up
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• a rule of thumb
• stand out like a sore thumb
• twiddle your thumbs
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