Meaning of de haut en bas | Babel Free
/dəˌ(h)əʊtɒnˈba/Definitions
With condescension; superciliously. Also used attributively.
not-comparable
Equivalents
Français
de haut en bas
Русский
свысока
Examples
“The landlady looked at him de haut en bas, rather pitying, and at the same time, resenting his clear, fierce morality.”
“Thomas initially took a de haut en bas attitude to Nazism, expecting it to be a flash in the pan.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.