English Dictionary

thumb one's nose

verb

To place a thumb upon the tip of the nose, typically with the fingers spread and while simultaneously wiggling one's fingers, in a gesture of disrespect.

He likes to thumb his nose at authority.

意味（1）

To place a thumb upon the tip of the nose, typically with the fingers spread and while simultaneously wiggling one's fingers, in a gesture of disrespect.

My brother thumbed his nose in reply to my snide remarks.

意味（2）

(figuratively) To act disrespectfully, especially by flouting the object of disrespect.

Richard Feynman delighted in thumbing his nose at bureaucracy.