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показывать длинный нос (at someone; делать презрительный жест (cocking a snook at the establishment); то же, что и см. thumb one's nose, thumb nose, cock a snoot Taras); показывать кому-либо длинный нос (thumb one's nose, as in "As soon as the teacher turned her back, the boys cocked a snook at her." This expression was first recorded in 1791 and the precise source of snook, here used in the sense of a derisive gesture, has been lost. It is more widely used in Britain but is not unknown in America Taras); бросить вызов (кому-либо или чему-либо Taras); презрительно относиться (at someone or something; к кому-либо или к чему-либо; to show that you do not respect something or someone by doing something that insults them: In the end he refused to accept his award, cocking a snook at the film industry for which he had such contempt Taras) |
