When you pooh-pooh an idea, a plan, or someone's work, you say it is silly or not worth much. You do not sit down and test it; you push it away with a little sniff in your voice.

When you pooh-pooh當你 pooh-pooh an idea, a plan, or someone's work一個想法、計畫，或某人的成果, you你 say it is silly or not worth much就是在說那不值得認真看待、很蠢。You你 do not sit down and test it不會坐下來好好測試它; you你 push it away把它推開 with a little sniff in your voice用帶點嗤笑的語氣。

It is a verb: they pooh-poohed my idea; please don't pooh-pooh her effort.

It它 is a verb是動詞: they pooh-poohed my idea「他們 pooh-poohed 了我的想法」; please don't pooh-pooh her effort「請不要 pooh-pooh 她的努力」。

The feel is informal and a bit old. Newspapers still like it. Younger speakers more often say “that's dumb” or “that will never work.” Though actually, it is softer than a hard insult — more a wave of the hand than a shout — but it can still sting, because it treats the thought as not worth a real look.

The feel這種語感 is informal and a bit old是非正式、有點過時的。Newspapers報紙 still like it還是很愛用。Younger speakers年輕人 more often say更常說 "that's dumb"「that's dumb（那很蠢）」 or或 "that will never work."「that will never work（那絕對行不通）」。Though actually不過其實, it它 is softer than a hard insult比直接罵人更溫和 — more a wave of the hand than a shout比較像揮揮手，不是大聲罵 — but不過 it它 can still sting還是會刺痛人, because因為 it它 treats the thought as not worth a real look把那個想法當成不值得認真看一眼。

The usual spelling has a short line in the middle: pooh-pooh. This is not the bear.

The usual spelling一般的拼法 has a short line in the middle中間有一條短短的連字號: pooh-pooh「pooh-pooh」。This這個 is not the bear不是那隻熊。