nosed イディオム
hard nosed
"firm, tough; refusing to lower his price or standard" Ms. Bond is hard nosed. If you plagiarize, you fail the course.
snotty-nosed kid
a child, a boy with a dirty face I was just a snotty-nosed kid when I got my first job.
take a nosedive
collapse, fail, decrease in value The stock market took a nosedive when the earnings of the oil company began to weaken.
go into a nosedive
Idiom(s): go into a nosedive AND take a nosedive
Theme: WORSEN
to go into a rapid emotional or financial decline, or a decline in health. (Informal.)
• Our profits took a nosedive last year.
• After he broke his hip, Mr. Brown's health went into a nosedive, and he never recovered.
hard-nosed|hard|nose|nosed
adj., slang Tough or rugged; very strict; not weak or soft; stubborn, especially in a fight or contest. Joe's father was a hard-nosed army officer who had seen service in two wars. Pete is a good boy; he plays hard-nosed football.
Compare: HARD-BOILED.