turn up one's nose

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

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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