Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in capitals.
The rich boy TURNED UP HIS NOSE AT the simple village food.

smelledCorrect answerYour answerenjoyedCorrect answerYour answerlooked down on and refusedCorrect answerYour answersneezed atCorrect answerYour answer

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To turn up your nose at something is to refuse it because you think it is not good enough.

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Enjoyed is the opposite, and smelled takes "nose" literally.

Concept: The meaning of the idiom "turn up one's nose at"
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Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in capitals.The rich boy TURNED UP HIS NOSE AT the simple village food.

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Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in capitals.
The rich boy TURNED UP HIS NOSE AT the simple village food.