thumb your nose at

釋義

1. 牛津電影裡 100%

   嗤之以鼻；蔑視

   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.

電影裡這樣說 · 2 部

• 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

在完整場景裡學

• 社交網路2010
  • 酒吧裡被當場甩：speak in code（打啞謎）
  • 熬夜黑通訊錄做投票網站：take my mind off（轉移注意力）
  • 宿舍駭客擠崩哈佛網路：an awful lot of（多得離譜）

同一詞條的短語

• be all thumbs
• hold thumbs
• thumbs up
• under thumb
• a rule of thumb
• stand out like a sore thumb
• twiddle your thumbs
• thumb through