| 词汇 | not to be sniffed at |
| 释义 | Idiom not to be sniffed at(not) to be sneezed/sniffed at informal 1. if something, especially an amount of money, is not to be sneezed at, it is large enough to be worth having. And there's the increase in salary to be considered. £3000 extra a year is not to be sneezed at. 2. (American & Australian, informal) if something or someone is not to be sneezed at, they are important or dangerous enough to deserve serious attention. Goodman is not a man to be sniffed at. not to be sniffed atTo not be something that should be ignored, passed over, dismissed, or treated with disdain; to not be trivial or inconsequential. We may not have won the game, but we scored enough points and caused enough damage to let everyone know we aren't to be sniffed at. Sure, a hundred bucks isn't a huge amount to win in a lottery, but it's still not to be sniffed at! not to be ˈsneezed/ˈsniffed at(informal) important or worth having: If I were you, I’d take the job. A salary like that’s not to be sneezed at. |
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