| But he doesn't talk down to his callers and, unlike some of the big names, he doesn't shout them down, either. |
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| It carries information that is relevant to their lives, it's fun and it's written in a way that does not patronise or talk down to them. |
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| Her refusal to patronise or talk down to her readers makes her a huge favourite and this should be an inspirational and fascinating afternoon. |
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| Don't talk down to youth, also don't try to be to hip or cool because you likely won't succeed. |
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| The last thing we wanted was to preach or talk down to people, making them feel guilty about indulging in less nutritional food choices. |
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| It doesn't talk down to the prospect, but keeps itself on the informative plane. |
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| Max goes to that level of communicating with them. He does not talk down to them. |
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| It's not a caricature, it doesn't talk down to teens. |
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| When we talk to emerging economies and developing countries about transparency, we do not always mean to talk down to them, even if our tone is at times a bit paternalistic. |
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| So let me say that we must indeed talk about the state of democracy in Russia, but we cannot talk down to that country in a lofty and schoolmasterly way. |
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| I have been fully expecting my father to guilt-trip me, to lay it on really thick about what a terrible son I am, to basically, talk down to me like I was some kind of idiot. |
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