nose

nose idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with nose, also see brown nose; can't see beyond the end of one's nose; count noses; cut off one's nose; follow one's nose; keep one's nose clean; lead by the nose; look down on (one's nose); no skin off my nose; on the nose; pay through the nose; plain as day (the nose on your face); poke one's nose into; rub someone's nose in it; thumb one's nose; turn up one's nose; under one's nose; win by a nose.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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