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Jimmy Hung
2022-04-04 07:04
Stick (one's) nose (up) in the air phrase
If you say someone sticks his or her nose up in the air, you think that he or she is haughty, condescending, or disdainful.
She always sticks her nose up in the air when she talks to other classmates.
I can't abide people who stick their nose up in the air.
To yield to someone or something.
The verb "stick" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
Do you see anything wrong?
1. Soneone tends to speak in unkind and cruel way that is likely to upset or hurt someone else.
2. The fossil tooth of a shark
1. Many people doesn't want to make friends with Sue because she has a serpent's tongue.
2. A: 'My thesis will center on a serpent's tongue.' B: 'A serpent's tongue? What does it mean?' A: 'A serpent's tongue means the fossil tooth of a shark.'
