Contempt Phrases

Phrases about contempt

• A finger of Fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat (Cadbury’s advertising slogan)
• A, B, C, D, E, Your public library has arranged these in ways that make you cry, giggle, laugh, love, hate, wonder, ponder and understand (American Library Association advertising slogan)
• Beneath contempt
• Contempt of court
• Don’t treat your puppy like a dog (Ralston Purina Pet Food advertising slogan)
• Douche bag
• Dutch treat
• Familiarity breeds contempt
• Hate figure
• Hate mail
• Hate watch (viewing a television programme in order to mock it)
• He Hate Me (Nickname of American football player Rod Smart)
• I pity the fool (A catchphrase from The A-Team)
• It’s all meat, a real treat
• Laugh in your face
• Look down on
• Look down your nose
• Lower than a snake's belly
• Sucks to you (an expression of contempt)
• The man you love to hate
• The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference (Elie Wiesel quotation)
• The taste you love to hate (Listerine Mouthwash advertising slogan)
• Treat me right
• Treat someone like dirt
• Trick or treat

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