Idiom: look down on someone

Meaning

Idiom: look down at someone / something

Note: This is also frequently used as look down one’s nose at someone / something

— I hate to say this but my father looks down on anyone who doesn’t come from a wealthy background.

— Don’t look down on these jeans just because they don’t have a designer label on them. If you like them, buy them.

— My children turn their nose down on vegetables unless I cover them with sauce or cheese.

— My mother-in-law looks down her nose on me because I'm a little chubby.

— Before you look down on my girlfriend because of her tattoos, you should know that they're a tribute to her sister who died in an accident.

— Those sorority girls look down on us, which is hysterical because we feel sorry for them having to work so hard to be pretty and popular.

— Many countries look down their noses on Americans for being wasteful and arrogant.

— Our neighbors never looked down on us even though they're doctors and lawyers and my parents run a dry cleaning store.

— I can't help but look down on people who wear thick lip liner that's a shade darker than their lips—it's so ghetto!

— I shouldn't but I can't help looking down on people who smoke and use tobacco products when it's proven to cause cancer.