[Idiom] turn up

[bertogray]

Hi, dear. what does 'turn up one nose mean'? Thanks

 

[MikeNewYork]

The idiom is "turn up one's nose". It means to regard something with scorn or disdain.

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forum, bertogray.

If you click on REFERENCE at the top of the page you'll find a section on English idioms. The phrase you're asking about is listed as 'Turn your nose up'.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Yes. You can only turn up one nose: your own.

 

[emsr2d2]

Don't open your posts with "Hi, dear". "Dear" used on its own is an endearment that should only be used to address people you know well and to whom you are quite close. It's also not used much by people under the age of about 50 (in the UK, at least).

 

[Tdol]

I'm over 50 and I don't use it.;-)

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Don't open your posts with "Hi, dear". "Dear" used on its own is an endearment that should only be used to address people you know well and to whom you are quite close. It's also not used much by people under the age of about 50 (in the UK, at least).

I'm grinning.

Excellent advice, but I must say, here in Maine, some people call everyone Dear, regardless of gender. Tough working-class lobstermen call each other Dear. But they say DEE-uh.

 

[emsr2d2]

Interesting. The OP will be fine if he/she ever visits Maine then!