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not to be sneezed at
not to be sneezed at
Also, nothing to sneeze at. Not to be ignored or dismissed, as in It's a great honor, not to be sneezed at, or That salary of his is nothing to sneeze at. This expression presumably alludes to turning up one's nose in disdain. [c. 1800]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Diot | | - | Medieval English |
Marcelo | | mahr-THE-lo (Spanish), mahr-SE-lo (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |
Margery | | ['ma:dʒəri] | |
Gudrun | | GOOD-roon (German) | Norse Mythology, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German |
Jacqueline | | ['dʒækli:n] | |
Agatha | | ['ægəθə] | |