turn up one 's nose at

turn up one 's nose at

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B í K ǒ ngli á OTI ā n, which means to look up and face the sky, describes arrogance. It's from Lu You's entering Shu in Song Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It refers to arrogance

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: nostrils in the sky, nostrils in the sky

The origin of Idioms

The fifth volume of Lu You's entering Shu in Song Dynasty: "Jingzhou has no Zen forest, only two sages. However, when the monks of Shu went out of the pass, they had to go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and those who came back had already claimed that they had got something, so they did not take part in kowtow any more. Therefore, the saying goes: those who go down the river walk like smoke, while those who go up the river have nostrils. In vain, he confessed to the two Buddhas, but he did not see a monk sitting in meditation. "

Idiom explanation

Head up and nose up. It describes arrogance.