look down on

mépriser, regarder de haut

Considérer une personne ou une chose comme inférieure ou moins importante que soi.

En anglais simple : To think someone or something is less good or less important than you.

• Do not look down on others.
• She looked down on his simple clothes.
• Why do some people look down on manual work?

Comment l'utiliser : look down on someone/something (They look down on people with less money.)

Synonymes : despise, scorn

Contraires : respect, admire

Expressions courantes : look down on someone, look down on something

regarder d’en haut

Regarder une personne ou une chose depuis un endroit plus élevé.

En anglais simple : To see someone or something from a higher place.

• We look down on the garden.
• She looked down on the street from her balcony.
• Can you look down on the valley from here?

Comment l'utiliser : look down on something from somewhere (We looked down on the town from the hill.)

Synonymes : view from above

Expressions courantes : look down on something, look down on someone

regarder depuis le ciel

Pour une personne décédée, regarder depuis le ciel les gens ou les événements sur terre.

En anglais simple : For someone who has died, to watch people or events on earth from heaven.

• Grandma is looking down on us.
• He believed his father looked down on him from heaven.
• Would she smile if she could look down on us now?

Comment l'utiliser : look down on someone from heaven (We believe Grandpa looks down on us from heaven.)

Synonymes : watch over

Expressions courantes : look down on someone, look down on us