hold (someone or something) up to scorn

To reject or deride someone or something. I know Gloria—she'll definitely hold you up to scorn if you go to her black-tie event in anything but a tux.

hold someone or something up to scorn

Fig. to single out someone or something for repudiation. The entire crowd held Randy up to scorn for his part in the riot. The disappointed fans held up the losing team to scorn.

词组	hold (someone or something) up to scorn
释义	hold (someone or something) up to scorn hold (someone or something) up to scorn To reject or deride someone or something. I know Gloria—she'll definitely hold you up to scorn if you go to her black-tie event in anything but a tux. See also: hold, scorn, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. hold someone or something up to scorn Fig. to single out someone or something for repudiation. The entire crowd held Randy up to scorn for his part in the riot. The disappointed fans held up the losing team to scorn. See also: hold, scorn, up McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: hold up to scorn hold (someone or something) up to ridicule hold up to ridicule ridicule laugh (someone or something) to scorn laugh someone or something to scorn laugh at laugh at (someone or something) ride roughshod over, to keep telling yourself that
随便看	hit the books hit the booze hit the bottle hit the brakes hit the bricks hit the (broad) side of a barn hit the buffers hit the bull's-eye hit the bull’s-eye hit the ceiling hit the ceiling, to hit the deck hit the dirt hit the fan hit the gas hit the ground hit the ground running hit the ground running, to hit the hay hit the hay/sack, to hit (the) headlines hit the headlines hit the high hit the high points hit the high spots