hold (someone or something) cheap
hold (someone or something) cheap
dated To regard someone or something with contempt, disrespect, or low esteem. He sought to lash out at a world that he felt had always held him cheap. Be warned. Hold my words cheap, and you shall suffer an untimely end.
See also: cheap, hold
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- hold (someone) in high esteem
- lash up
- pour scorn on (one's) head
- heap scorn on (one's) head
- heap/pour scorn on somebody/something
- lash out
- cock a snook at
- cock a snoot
- snook
- snoot