| 单词 | before one's nose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbefore one's nose d. before one's nose: right in front of one; straight forward. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > present [phrase] > in or into a person's presence in (also into, intil, to) present?c1225 in one's (or the) visage1430 under a person's nosea1450 in the face of1482 in the wing of1579 before one's nosec1604 to one's nosea1616 c1604 Charlemagne (1938) v. 100 What a lardge passage..theise prynces make, to come vnto ye way which lyes before theire nosses. 1731 J. Mitchell Highland Fair I. ii. 18 Marriage is, like Death, a great Leap in the Dark. Folks shou'd look an Inch before their Noses. 1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 195 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 563 As open pussie's mortal foes, When, pop! she starts before their nose. 1848 J. H. Newman Loss & Gain ii. i. 147 I know there are ten thousand persons who cannot see an inch before their nose, and who can comfortably digest contradictions. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iii. xiii. 109 I ran straight before my nose, till I could run no longer. 1995 S. Hannah Hero & Girl Next Door 11 When journalists whip out a hefty sum Before your nose, to make you sell our story, You'll have no qualms. < as lemmas |
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