coke nose
Physical damage to the nose caused by snorting cocaine.
Nose · Mũi 101
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copper nose
A red nose resulting from alcoholism.
cứt mũi
(noun) snots (mucus)
dắt mũi
(verb) to get manipulated (into wrongful actions)
get up someone's nose
To annoy someone; to get on someone's nerves.
have someone's nose wide open
To have someone in love or infatuated with oneself; to be someone's object of affection.
Jew nose
A larger than average nose.
lỗ mũi
(noun) nostril
mũi khâu
stitch; suture
mũi tàu
bow of a ship
mặt mũi
(noun) look; countenance; physiognomy
nghẹt mũi
(noun) nasal congestion; stuffy nose
nhảy mũi
(verb) to sneeze
nhắm mắt nhắm mũi
(adverb) irresponsibly
nose out
To find using one's sense of smell.
nose over
To crash by landing such that the nose of the plane hits the ground first, causing the plane to topple forward.
nose paint
Alcoholic drink.
nước mũi
(noun) nasal mucus; snot
pay through the nose
Pay much more than a fair price.
plain as the nose on one's face
Synonym of plain as day.
powder one's nose
To snort cocaine or other types of drugs through one's nose.
ring in one's nose
A compulsion to gamble regardless of one's losses.
sống mũi
(noun) nose bridge
tai - mũi - họng
(noun) ear, nose and throat
thumb one's nose
To express scorn or disregard.
thuốc thông mũi
decongestant
tối tăm mặt mũi
(adverb) being to heavily burdened by greater workload than one can withstand, nearly to the point of exhaustion, being overwhelmed
viêm mũi
(noun) rhinitis
xỏ mũi
(verb) to pierce one's nose
đứng mũi chịu sào
to take responsibility for the hardest part of a common task; to bear the brunt; to take the helm
a nose of wax
Mutable and accommodating (faith). A waxen nose may be twisted any way.
banana nose
a nose that is slightly upturned
bleeding of the nose
According to some, a sign that one is in love. Grose says if it bleeds one drop only it forebodes sickness, if three drops the omen is still worse; but Metton, m his Astrologaster, says, "If a man's nose bleeds one drop at the left nostril it is a sign of good luck, and. vice versa.
button nose
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
bốc mũi bỏ lái
Neglect the essential to focus on the trivial
camel's nose
a small part of something that may lead to larger, unwanted consequences
cho lỗ mũi ăn trầu
Vietnamese idiom; English definition pending editorial review.
cleopatra's nose
It was Blaise Pascal (1623-62) who said, "If the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter, the whole face of the earth would have been changed" (Pensees viii, 29); the allusion, of course, being to the tremendous results brought about by her enslavement through her charm and beauty, first of Julius Caesar and then of Mark Antony.
conqueror's nose
A prominent straight nose, rising at the bridge. Charlemagne had such a nose, so had Henry the Fowler (Hem- rich I of Germany); Rudolf I of Germany; Friednch I of Hohenzollern, famous for reducing to order his unruly barons by blowing up their castles (1382-1440); our own "Iron Duke"; Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor of Prussia, etc.
Copper Nose
Oliver Cromwell; also called "Ruby Nose," "Nosey," and "Nose Al- mighty," no doubt from some scorbutic tendency which showed itself in a big red nose.
count noses
to count the number of people present
cut off your nose to spite your face
To pursue revenge in a way that would damage oneself more than the object of one's anger.
cản mũi kỳ đà
To hinder or obstruct someone's progress
do not cut off your nose to spite your face
Do not harm yourself in an attempt to harm someone else
dog’s nose
Gin and beer, so called from the mixture being cold, like a dog’s nose.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. (Strauss 1998, p. 713)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
give someone a bloody nose
to defeat or humiliate someone
giày cao gót bít mũi
court shoes
in front of one's nose
Clearly visible or obvious
keep one's nose clean
To behave well and avoid trouble or scandal
lead by the nose
to control or influence someone completely
led by the nose
Said of a person who has no volition of his own but follows with docility the guidance of a stronger character. In another sense it appears in Isaiah xxxvii, 29 : — "Because thy rage against me ... is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose . . . and will turn thee back. . . ." Horses, asses, etc., led by bit and bridle, are led by the nose. Hence lago says of Othello, he was "led. by the nose as asses are'* (i, 3).
look down one's nose
To regard someone or something with contempt or superiority
Lênh đênh ba mũi thuyền kề
Living in a state of uncertainty and instability
malmsey nose
A red pimpled snout, rich in carbuncles and rubies.
mũi
(noun) nose
nigger nose
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
no skin off one's nose
no concern or consequence to someone
nose
a person's sense of smell
nose
As plain as the nose on your face; evidently to be seen. He is led by the nose; he is governed. To follow one's nose; to go strait forward. To put one's nose out of joint; to rival one in the favour of any person. To make a bridge of any one's nose; to pass by him in drinking. To nose a stink; to smell it. He cut off his nose to be revenged of his face; said of one who, to be revenged on his neighbour, has materially injured himself.
nose
A thief who turns informer; a paid spy; generally called a policeman’s NOSE; "on the NOSE," on the look-out.
nose about
To search or investigate in a casual or curious way
nose and chin
A winn,—ancient cant for a penny.
nose around
To search or investigate curiously
nose bag
A bag fastened to the horse's head, in which the soldiers of the cavalry put the oats given to their horses: whence the saying, I see the hose bag in his face; i.e. he has been a private man, or rode private.
nose beer
Cocaine.
nose candy
Cocaine.
nose count
a headcount or attendance count
nose in the manger
TO PUT ONE’S, to sit down to eat. To "put on the nose-bag" is to eat hurriedly, or to eat while continuing at work.
nose out of joint
to feel offended or upset, usually because someone is getting attention
nose powder
Cocaine.
nose tax
It is said that in the 9th century the Danes imposed a poll tax in Ireland, and that this was called the "Nose Tax," because those who neglected to pay were punished by having their noses slit.
nose to the grindstone
To work very hard and constantly
nose ’em
Or FOGUS, tobacco. NOSE ’EM is but a contraction of the rhyming slang, which see.
on the nose
exactly right or accurate
on the nose
An American expression mean- ing exactly on time. It originated in the broadcasting studio, where the producer, when signalling to the performers, puts his finger on his nose when the programme is running to schedule time.
parson’s nose
The hind part of a goose—a savoury mouthful. Sometimes called the POPE’S NOSE.
pick one's nose
to pick one's nose is a rude or impolite habit
poke one's nose into
To interfere or meddle in someone else's business
pope's nose
the tail end of a cooked chicken or turkey
see past the end of one's nose
To have a narrow or limited perspective
ski-jump nose
a nose with a very prominent bridge
snub nose
A short nose turned up at the end.
stick one's nose into
To interfere or meddle in someone else's business
sổ mũi
To sneeze / runny nose.
sờ mũi làm bố
To take advantage of someone's kindness
the nose knows
One's sense of smell can detect something
The Pope's nose
The rump of a fowl, which is also called the parson's nose. The phrase is said to have originated during the years following James II's reign, when anti-Catholic feeling was high.
to count noses
A horse-dealer counts horses by the nose, as cattle are counted by the head\ hence, the expression is sometimes ironically used of numbering votes, as in the Division lobbies.
to follow one's nose
Tp go straight ahead; to proceed without deviating from the path.
to nose
To give evidence. To inform. His pall nosed and he was twisted for a crack; his confederate turned king's evidence, and he was hanged for burglary.
to pay through the nose
To pay an excessive price, or at an exorbitant rate. There may be some connexion between this old phrase, "rhino" (#.v.), slang for money, and Gr. rhinos, the nose; or there may be an allusion to nose- bleeding and being bled for money.
to snap one's nose off
To speak snappishly. To pull (or wring) the nose is to affront by an act of indignity; to snap one's nose is to affront by speech. Snarling dogs snap at each other's noses.
to take pepper i' the nose
To take offence. The French have a similar locution, La moutarde lui monte au nez.
to turn up one's nose
To express contempt. When a person sneers he turns up the nose by curling the upper lip.
to wipe one's nose
To affront him; to give him a blow on the nose. Similarly, to wipe a person's eye, to steal a march on him, to fetch one a wipe over the knuckles^ to give him a good rap.
turn one's nose up
To show disdain or disgust at something
turn up one's nose
To show disdain or contempt for something
under someone's nose
Happening or done openly and obviously, often in a way that is surprising or annoying.
win by a nose
To win by a very small margin
wipe someone's nose
to baby someone or treat them like a child