(one) can't look beyond the tip of (one's) nose Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

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.

(one) can't attending above the tip of (one's) nose

1. One lacks the adeptness to apprehend problems, issues, or obligations above the present or actual future. Our bang-up is ambitious, but she can't attending above the tip of her adenoids back it comes to scheduling projects with astute deadlines.2. One is absent with oneself and clumsy to apprehension or focus on annihilation else. Of advance she's absent to the growing abandoned citizenry in our city—she can't attending above the tip of her own nose. Jim is so anxious about accepting advanced in business that he can't attending above the tip of his adenoids anymore.Learn more: beyond, look, nose, of, tip

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