pitää pilkkanaan — meaning in English
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English meaning
- flout verb To openly ignore or disobey a rule or law, showing no respect for it.
Senses
pitää pilkkanaan is used for these senses in English:
- flout (transitive) To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
- flout (transitive, archaic) To scorn.
- make fun of (idiomatic, informal) To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.
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