turn up one's nose



turn up one's nose

Regard with disdain or scorn, as in She turned up her nose at the broccoli. This idiom was first recorded in 1779.
See also: nose, turn, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Seraiah-Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Jumanah-Arabic
Henrikehen-REE-kə (German)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
MirÈIo-Occitan
Marama-Polynesian Mythology
KaceyKAY-seeEnglish (Modern)