«WITH ONE'S NOSE IN THE AIR» संबंधित इंग्रजी पुस्तके
खालील ग्रंथसूची निवडीमध्ये
with one's nose in the air चा वापर शोधा. इंग्रजी साहित्यामध्ये वापराचा संदर्भ देण्यासाठी
with one's nose in the air शी संबंधित पुस्तके आणि त्याचे थोडक्यात उतारे.
1
The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
The re- lated phrase with one's nose in the air means “haughtily,” as in She thinks
she's so smart; she's always walking around with her nose in the air. Also see
turn up one's nose. nose into ➧ See nose in. nose out 1. Defeat by a narrow ...
2
The Sterling Book of Idioms
Just take the service road to your left and follow your nose. to pay through the
nose to pay an excessive price It is a grand house, no doubt, but I had to pay
through my nosefor it. with one's nose in the air in a snobbish manner Prem
never ...
3
Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases
with one's nose in the air acting with haughty arrogance. 17th cent. William
Wycherley The Gentleman Dancing-Master 1673 And your Spanish hose, and
your nose in the air, make you look like a great grisled long Irish greyhound,
reaching a ...
4
The Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus
... nose sl. precisely. put a person's nose out of joint colloq. embarrass, disconcert
, frustrate, or supplant a person. turn up one's nose colloq. show disdain. under a
person's nose colloq. right before a person. with one's nose in the air haughtily.
5
The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus
... nose si precisely, put a person's nose out of joint colloq. embarrass, disconcert,
frustrate, or supplant a person, turn up one's nose colloq. show disdain, under a
person's nose cottoq. right before a person. with one's nose in the air haughtily.
6
Concise English Dictionary
... stick one's nose into to meddle officiously with; turn up one's nose at lo refuse
or receive contemptuously; under one's very nose in full view: close at hand: with
one's nose in the air in a haughty, superior manner. |O.E. nam.] nosegay noz'gd.
7
Oxford Dictionary of English
2(of an action) committed openly and boldly but without anyone noticing: he
made a pass atJohn's wife, right under his nose and in his own house. with one's
nose in the air haughtily. – derivatives nosed adjective [in combination]
snubnosed, ...
8
The Monthly Register of
the Society for Practical Astronomy ...
... normally and is always strained by being rolled up in its socket, and the pain in
the back of the neck after an all-night vigil is far from pleasant, and makes one
fear that one may have to go around the rest of one's life with one's nose in the air
, ...
Society for Practical Astronomy, 1914
9
The Monthly Register of
the Society for Practical Astronomy
... normally and is always strained by being rolled up in its socket, and the pain in
the back of the neck after an all-night vigil is far from pleasant, and makes one
fear that one may have to go around the rest of one's life with one's nose in the air
, ...
Society for Practical Astronomy, Chicago, 1912
10
Føroysk-Ensk ordabók:
with Faroese folk-lore and proverbs : ...
... put on side, throw one's weight about ; errast become braver, bolder or more
spirited. errin 1) unblushing, cheeky; 2) with one's nose in the air, conceited.
errinskapur haughtiness, conceit, pompousness, self-importance. ersmaur very
small, ...
