sniff at something - Longman Dictionary

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsniff at something phrasal verb1 something is not to be sniffed at spoken used to say that something is good ... sniffatsomethingFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishsniffatsomethingphrasalverb1somethingisnottobesniffedatspokenusedtosaythatsomethingisgoodenoughtobeacceptedorconsideredseriously  An8%salaryincreaseisnottobesniffedat.2torefusesomethinginaproudway,orbehaveasifsomethingisnotgoodenoughforyou  Hesniffedatmychoiceofrestaurantsandsuggestedhisownfavorite.→sniff→SeeVerbtableExamplesfromtheCorpussomethingisnottobesniffedat•Theprice,however,isnottobesniffedat:£17.50! Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Tastes Paintinganddrawing Computers Religion Seealltopics Wordoftheday defer todelaysomethinguntilalaterdate VerbtablesniffPresentI,you,we,theysniffhe,she,itsniffs >ViewMore PastI,you,he,she,it,we,theysniffedPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavesniffedhe,she,ithassniffedPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadsniffedFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillsniffFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavesniffed >ViewLess PresentIamsniffinghe,she,itissniffing >ViewMore you,we,theyaresniffingPastI,he,she,itwassniffingyou,we,theyweresniffingPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavebeensniffinghe,she,ithasbeensniffingPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadbeensniffingFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillbesniffingFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavebeensniffing >ViewLess