Sentences with phrase «turning up their nose»

The founders of health - care firm Nurse Next Door used to turn up their noses at tiny markets.

Old - school wet shavers used to turn up their noses at synthetic brushes, but times have changed: New synthetics like the Fendrihan shaving brush are capable of offering a feel similar to badger in softness while still providing enough backbone to whip up a great lather.

Established hosting companies turned up their noses; enterprise clients would never switch to AWS.

The old Whole Foods might have turned up its nose at big makers of consumer - packaged goods, but Amazon could have different ideas — especially because smaller suppliers may not be able to meet its more ambitious demands, said Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst Ali Dibadj.

«People don't turn up their nose at a smoker,» Sizemore says.

Bloomberg's Charles Stein reports that while PIMCO likes 5 - year notes, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs Asset Management and J.P. Morgan Asset Management are all turning up their noses to that maturity, reckoning that such securities will get hammered when the Fed lifts rates.

Some more: St. Paul says in Romans, the Christian Church (the heavenly Israel) has no right to turn up her nose at the earthly Israel (descendants of Jacob).

The ubersexual does not «turn up his nose at any cultural pursuit that doesn't involve sports, beer or burgers».

Whether we're in a megachurch or a small house church, whether we went to seminary or we never did, whether we observe the Church calendar or have never prayed the liturgy, whether we listen to Christian music or turn up our noses.

Course you can lead a horse to water but he may turn up his nose.

But on those days when I fold my arms and turn up my nose and declare with total confidence that «this can not be God here,» and «this can not be God there»... well, I'm not so sure.

I grew up with brussel sprouts too — loved»em, as do my parents and sisters — and we could always tell who had zero chance of fitting into the family if that person turned up the nose at brussel sprouts.

I can't tell you how many times I've had a young guy turn up his nose at homemade mac n» cheese or my mom - made pizza because he's used to eating the store - bought boxed variety instead.

There was a time when I would have turned up my nose and made a face at the idea of eating sushi.

Thank goodness, too, because I kind of think the kids may have turned up their noses if they knew what was in them.

Why bother to make a from - scratch sauce when my kids just turned up their nose?

But, for those who just might turn up their noses at spinach in a meatloaf (and I'm not naming any names from around my house.)

It turned out fantastic — and the kids, even the ones who usually turned up their noses at «carrots», absolutely loved it.

My Japanese friend introduced it to us as Japanese Pizza, but my children turned up their noses — until they tasted it.

My teen boys always turn up their noses whenever I mention anything made with coconut or coconut flour, but this was a hit!

Every time we went through a drive through and Cricket would get a Milkbone from an eager drive - through window worker, she would turn up her nose is disdain, and I would have try to make up some excuse of why my dog is acting like such a snob.

There's just no way we could turn up our noses at those important pluses.

In turn, your children will be less likely to turn up their noses at the dinner you worked hard on.

In fact, the only kinds of pie I really like are the ones most devoted pie eaters turn up their noses at: pecan and plain custard.

I imagine calling it «cheeseburger pie» may also get picky kids who may otherwise turn up their noses at meatloaf.

I sneak it in a lot of recipes then they turn up their noses.

At first everyone is always turning up their noses at green eggs, but then um come on... it's only food coloring.

Especially when using ready made curry pastes - mum would turn up her nose (she made them from scratch) But, like these cookies, I ease the guilt by adding lots of other bits and the end result is a happy compromise.

Don't turn up your nose at turnips!

It wasn't as pretty once it was dished out, and they turned up their noses before even tasting it.

However, there are a couple of vegetables that always cause them to turn up their noses — zucchini (unless it's tucked inside of muffins or meatballs, or served as baked fries) and sweet potatoes.

Even the seven year old, who turned up her nose at first, ended up asking for seconds.

Feed him on the richest food from your table, yet, when occasion offers, he will go out into the fields, kill a sheep, and eat of the raw mutton, while at home he would turn up his nose at anything not properly cooked.

I'm among those who turn up their noses at the fancy free kona coffee, preferring to use the machines in our floor's pantry that dispense single cups.

It wasn't that long ago when most people turned up their noses at the prospect of an appetizer or side dish of Brussels sprouts.

Ever notice how sensitive some kids can be to strong perfumes, or turn up their noses at an overcooked, sulphurous bowl of cabbage?

And don't turn up your nose at the generic labels, either: «I prefer to buy organic, but if it looks wack and the generic looks great, or the price is exorbitant, then I'll go generic or other,» Perry says.

So, whatever we gluten - free people make has to satisfy the gluten - eaters, who turned up their noses the first couple of years that we had to alter the menu.

Before you turn up your nose, keep in mind that bulletproof coffee was a delicacy in Singapore long before it became the thing to do here.

Granted, the 49ers» self - esteem took a beating when, after Rickey Jackson retired, Chargers standout Leslie O'Neal turned up his nose at the Bay Area and went to St. Louis.

The only person who will be turning up their nose at this practice is perhaps your mother - in - law, who will only be peeved that she didn't have such a cheap and easy option in her day.

«Good eaters» are the kids who eat veggies regularly and willingly try new, not necessarily «kid - friendly» foods, while their «picky» counterparts turn up their noses at anything that's not buttered noodles or chicken nuggets (or some equally bland, processed equivalent).

Stories of picky eaters who refuse to eat their vegetables, sneak their dinner to the family dog at every opportunity and turn up their nose at anything not in the shape of a nugget.

Although most babies will eventually take a bottle filled with formula, they're less likely to turn up their noses at a bottle filled with a familiar taste, especially if they've been exclusively breast fed.

For example, even the possibly - more - enlightened kids in Berkeley often turn up their noses at what sound like beautifully executed vegetable side dishes, either refusing to take them in the lunch line or dumping them in the trash (actually, in the compost pail, since this is Berkeley, after all).

@christina, I wish my kid didn't turn up his nose at pasta.

So yes, while I enjoy good food and want my kid to appreciate the finer things in life, I also want him to have the humility, perspective, and self - discipline not to take them for granted, feel entitled, or turn up his nose at a nutritionally sound lunch if an when it happens to fall below Cordon Bleu standards.

Last week the Associated Press ran a widely disseminated article indicating that: some schools around the country are dropping out of the healthier new federal lunch program, complaining that so many students turned up their noses at meals packed... [Continue reading]

Don't turn up your nose either.

But what if your child turns up his nose at just about everything you prepare (or worse, has a full - fledged meltdown when a new food is even near his dinner plate) and seems to subsist on a tiny and inflexible list of food items?