k***y 发帖数: 217 | 1 If you cock a snook at someone, you show your contempt or lack of respect for
them by deliberately insulting or offending them. This is a fairly
old-fashioned expression.
They drove around in Rolls-Royces, openly flaunting their wealth and cocking
a snook at the forces of law and order.
The Danes cocked a snook in the vote at their own political establishment.
Terry Wogan is determined to cock a snook at the critics and go out on a
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