on the nose

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. edat öbeği Exact; precise; appropriate.

   “His estimate that they would consume 23 boxes was on the nose.”

2. edat öbeği Unimaginative; overliteral; lacking nuance; unsophisticated.

   “Wearing that floral dress to a garden party was a little on the nose, wouldn't you say?”

3. edat öbeği Smelly; malodorous.

   “That bucket of raw prawns you left in the sun is a bit on the nose.”

4. edat öbeği Being a bet on a horse to finish first.

   “It was three o'clock. They were running the third race at Santa Anita and he had ten bucks on the nose.”

5. edat öbeği On the lookout.
6. edat öbeği Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, nose.