thumb your nose at

释义

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   嗤之以鼻；蔑视

   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.

电影里这样说 · 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

在完整场景里学

• 社交网络2010
  • 酒吧里被当场甩：speak in code（打哑谜）
  • 熬夜黑通讯录做投票网站：take my mind off（转移注意力）
  • 宿舍黑客挤崩哈佛网络：an awful lot of（多得离谱）

同一词条的短语

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