0 to talk to someone as if they are less intelligent than you or not important: --
I wish politicians wouldn't talk down to us as if we were idiots.
1 to talk to someone as if they were less important than you: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.