You can often hear to different people: “And now he walks with his nose up, as if he weren’t familiar with us at all!” Not too pleasant transformation of man, but, unfortunately, is known to many. Maybe even someone noted in themselves some such traits. Although usually people are blind to their person.
Origin
The origin of many phraseological units is covered in fog. This is both good and bad. Good, because it gives room for thought and fantasy, and bad, because we do not know the exact meaning of a statement.
In this case, it can be assumed that the origin of the phraseology “to lift one’s nose” is completely ordinary and everyday. It arose from observations. It is no secret that if you walk with your head high, and therefore your nose, you can fall. Therefore, those who are important, arrogant and dismissive of people, they say that they bully their nose. Let's look at some examples.
Playboys and the first beauties of a school (institute) always lift their nose
The subtitle does not need proof. It is much more interesting why these people walk with their nose up, as if the devil was his brother. Everything is very simple: when a person achieves something out of the ordinary, he thinks he is special. Needless to say, each has its own “row”, that is, a system of values and priorities.
A person changes throughout his life, and what is important, for example, at school or college, does not matter at all in adult life. Moreover, sometimes the first beauties and playboys of educational institutions achieve little in life, despite the fact that once, long ago, they walked with their nose up.
Why? Everything is very simple: if a person from an early age is fond of attention and glory, then he may develop a false idea of life - they say everything in it goes just like that, only because you are very beautiful or very smart. At the same time, one should not forget the lessons that the great men of the past gave: in success 1% of talent (natural abilities) and 99% of work. Unfortunately, those who are too important (that is, they walk with their nose up) forget about this already elementary truth. Well, rightly so, and we move on to morality.
Moral phraseology
It’s not without reason that the tone of the expression “to lift one’s nose” is dismissive. In addition, in the existence of a person who does not have the habit of looking at others, there is some fragility. Life is unpredictable. Entire empires fell - not like people. As we noted at the very beginning, it is difficult for anyone who looks too high up to keep track of what is happening under his feet, which means that sooner or later a fall is inevitable.
Therefore, the phraseologism “to lift one’s nose” and calls not to be too important, so that later it would not be a shame to people. Here is such a simple morality, but how necessary and important it is!