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brown nose

try to please the manager, suck up to Some guys brown nose their way to success. But is it success?

cut off your nose to spite your face

make your problem worse, hurt yourself because you dislike yourself If you abuse drugs to forget a problem, you are cutting off your nose to spite your face.

hard nosed

"firm, tough; refusing to lower his price or standard" Ms. Bond is hard nosed. If you plagiarize, you fail the course.

have one's nose in something

unwelcome interest in something, impolite curiosity My boss always has his nose in other peoples' business so he is not very well-liked.

hold your nose

accept it but not like it, look the other way This plan is better than no plan, so hold your nose and vote for it.

keep your nose clean

stay out of trouble, toe the line Keep your nose clean, and you'll get out of prison sooner.

keep your nose to the grindstone

continue to work hard Keep your nose to the grindstone and you'll pass the final exam.

lead by the nose

make or persuade someone to do anything you want My sister has been leading her husband by the nose since they got married.

look down your nose at

look at a person as though he is not as good as you Just because he's rich he looks down his nose at us.

no skin off my nose

no bother to me, will not hurt me If he doesn't come to my party it's no skin off my nose.

(right) beneath (one's) (very) nose

1. In a abode accessible to see or find. I've been attractive all over for that invitation, and it was appropriate beneath my adenoids the accomplished time!2. When one is physically present. I can't accept that one of my advisers was falsifying annal appropriate beneath my nose.Learn more: nose

(right) beneath someone's (very) nose

1. Fig. appropriate in advanced of someone. I anticipation I'd absent my purse, but it was sitting on the table beneath my actual nose. How did Mary abort to see the book? It was appropriate beneath her nose.
2. Fig. in someone's presence. The bandit blanket Jim's wallet appropriate beneath his nose. The jewels were baseborn from beneath the actual noses of the aegis guards.Learn more: nose

under (someone's) nose

In apparent view: The keys are appropriate beneath your nose.Learn more: nose

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no qualms no question no questions asked no rest for the wicked no rhyme or reason no shit no-show no shrinking violet no skin off my nose no slouch no sweat no truth to it no use for No way! no way no wonder no word under any circumstances under arrest under attack under belt under breath under canvas under certain circumstances under certain conditions under consideration under construction under control under cover under cover of (something) under cover of something under erasure under false colors under false pretenses under fire under foot under glass under hat under hatches under lock and key under no circumstances under normal circumstances under nose under oath under offer under one roof under one/the same roof under one's belt under one's breath under one's feet under one's nose under one's nose, (right) under one's own steam under one's wing, to be/take someone under own steam under pain of under pain of death under par under pressure under protest under sail under scrutiny under seal under separate cover under siege under somebody's feet under somebody's nose under somebody's spell