Okay, let's understand this idiom 148. thumbing your nose at somebody. What happens when you thumb, your nose that somebody? Let's see, it's to show a lack of respect toward someone or something. So that's the meaning of thumb. Somebody's nose, that's somebody. So we should never thumb our nose at people because I believe it's disrespectful.

And impolite. Okay, let's understand it and examples the little boy found his nose An old man. So his parents became angry and punished him. They did a good job. Other examples, most pedestrians, thumb their noses, at jaywalking laws. Don't thumb your nose at me.

Unless you want to fight means do not disrespect me and be polite to me.