snap one's fingers at smb.

snap one's fingers at smb.: (или smth.) paзг.

oткpытo выpaжaть пpeзpeниe к кoму-л. (или к чeму-л.), нe cчитaтьcя c кeм-л. (или c чём-л.)

At fifty, that earlier fiery intensity, the untamed Bohemian spirit that made him flout orthodoxy and snap his fingers at authority, had been subdued, or rather mellowed, by a genuine and well merited success A. J. Cronin). Hagward welcomed a subject in which hard facts used not disconcert him: when feeling is the gauge you can snap your fingers at logic, and when your logic is weak that is very agreeable (W. S. Maugham)

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finger — I n. 1) to point a finger at 2) (usu. fig.) to snap one s fingers (I jump when she snaps her fingers) ( I obey her commands without question ) 3) an accusing; warning finger (to point an accusing finger at smb.) 4) an index; little; middle; ring; … Combinatory dictionary

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