turning up one's nose
Showing haughty disapproval
Turning up one's nose is showing disdain or contempt for something, rejecting it as beneath one's standards: She turned up her nose at the cheap wine.
The image is of someone literally tilting their head back in snobbish disapproval.
The phrase often implies the rejection is unwarranted or pretentious: He turns up his nose at fast food, but I've seen him at the drive-through.
- snubbingPointedly ignoring someone
- disdainScornful disregard
- elitismPreference for privileged rule
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- dismissingRemoving from position
looking down on · classism · ignoring · contempt · beneath me · condescending · smirking · eye-rolling · superiority · smugness · hoity-toity · scoffing · aloofness · snobbery · stuck up · high and mighty · rejecting · cold shoulder
turning up one's nosesnapping up
Acquiring something quickly
leaping at · jumping at · embracing · going for · appreciating