(例1) The way you talk sounds like you're thumbing your nose at others. あなたの話し方は相手を軽蔑しているように聞こえる。
(例2) But the threat of severe measures may prove hollow now that the North has admitted what was generally suspected -- that it has nuclear arms -- andthumbed its nose atthe denuclearization talks. <‘Pyongyang's nuclear move weakens threat of sanctions over abductions’ Friday, Feb.11, 2005 The Japan Times ONLINEの記事より引用>