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Apart from acquainting us with the smells of the world around us, our nose also gives us some useful idioms. Have a nose for something: be good at finding a particular kind of thing. It is important for journalists to have a nose for a good story. Keep your nose to the grindstone: work hard without taking any rest. You’ll have to keep your nose to the grindstone if you want to meet the deadline. Lead someone by the nose: control someone and make them do exactly what you want. The workers are tired of being led by the nose by their boss. They want more say in decision-making. Look down your nose at someone/something: think that someone is less important than you or that something is not good enough for you. My sister’s son, who has lived in the USA all his life, looks down his nose at anything Indian. Turn your nose up at something: reject something because you think it is not good enough. He tuned his nose up at my invitation of watch a Hindi movie and said he only saw English ones. Under your nose: something that happens very close to you. He had been sneaking out important papers form right under his boss’ nose for months before he was finally caught. Have your nose in a book: be reading. My brother is very fond of reading. He has always got his nose in a book. Keep your nose out of something: not become involved in other people’s activities or relationships. She has not been talking to me ever since I told her to keep her nose out of my personal life. Can’t see beyond/past the end of your nose: think so much about yourself and what affects you that you do not see what is really important. I am not surprised that he declined to donate money to the orphanage; he can’t see beyond the end of his nose. (Reference: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms) |
