كيف تنطق "thumb your nose at"

expression

THUHM yor/yer NOHZ at

th-UHM yaw NOHZ at

التعريف

To show disrespect for someone or something, usually in a playful, mockingly rude way.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈθəm/ /ˈjɔɹ/, /ˈjʊɹ/ /ˈnoʊz/ /ˈæt

الإنجليزية البريطانية

θˈʌm/ /jˈɔː/ /nˈəʊz/ /ˈæt

أمريكي

THUHM yor/yer NOHZ at

بريطاني

th-UHM yaw NOHZ at

He likes to thumb his nose at rules he doesn't agree with.

The company thumbed its nose at the new law.

Don't thumb your nose at your teachers.

She just thumbed her nose at tradition and wore whatever she wanted to the wedding.