de haut en bas

[ duh oh tahn bah ]

adverb

, French.

1. from top to bottom; from head to foot.
2. in a haughty, disdainful manner; condescendingly.

Example Sentences

The landlady looked at him de haut en bas, rather pitying, and at the same time resenting his clear, fierce morality.

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He regarded them all as his inferiors, and, had he known how to do it, he would have treated them de haut en bas.

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Simply because it pleases ces messieurs the Austrians to treat ces messieurs the Serbs de haut en bas!

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He had learned by experience that it did not answer to treat Mrs. Dobbs de haut en bas.

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"My heart as well as my eyes regarded the prince de haut en bas," she says.

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