| 单词 | as plain as the nose on one's face |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas plain as the nose on one's face b. In comparisons. Frequently as plain as the nose on one's face, indicating that something is perfectly plain or obvious. Also ironically. ΚΠ c1576 T. Whythorne Autobiogr. (1961) 26 She will wurk so klōsly þerin, az it shalnot be somuch seen az A nōz in A mans fās. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. i. 128 Oh Iest vnseene: inscrutible: inuisible, As a nose on a mans face, or a Wethercocke on a steeple. 1655 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix 200 As plain as the nose on a mans face. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iv. i. 60 'Tis as plain as the Nose in one's Face. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. v. xix. 351 The Gentleman..has made it as plain as the nose in one's face, if one did but understand him. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 157 It's as plain as the nose on your face for to see't. 1873 T. Hardy Pair of Blue Eyes I. iii. 34 It is as plain as the nose in your face that there's your origin! 1909 A. Bierce Peaceful Expulsion in Coll. Wks. V. 342 'Tis plain as is the long, conspicuous nose Borne, ponderous and pendulous, between The elephant's remarkable eye-teeth. 1985 G. Benford Artifact v. ii. 295 Abe had to go through the dean, which meant that, plain as the nose on your face, people would start to horn in. < as lemmas |
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