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thumb your nose at someone/something
phrase
to show no respect, or to raise the end of your thumb to the end of your nose to show that you do not respect someone: 对…嗤之以鼻，蔑视
He has thumbed his nose at authority all his life.他一生都藐视权威。
She enjoyed thumbing her nose at the establishment.
Once again, he thumbed his nose at his critics.
She claimed that the administration was thumbing its nose at the law.
This was her way of thumbing her nose at the media.
These are people who thumb their noses at the rules.
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thumbverb
thumb your nose at someone/something | American Dictionary
thumb your nose at someone/something
idiom
to show a lack of respect toward someone or something:
Most pedestrians thumb their noses at jaywalking laws.
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