on the nose

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介词短语
  1. Exact; precise; appropriate. idiomatic
    — His estimate that they would consume 23 boxes was on the nose.
  2. Unimaginative; overliteral; lacking nuance; unsophisticated. idiomatic
    — Wearing that floral dress to a garden party was a little on the nose, wouldn't you say?
  3. Smelly; malodorous. Australia,figuratively,often,slang
    — That bucket of raw prawns you left in the sun is a bit on the nose.
  4. Being a bet on a horse to finish first. slang
    — It was three o'clock. They were running the third race at Santa Anita and he had ten bucks on the nose.
  5. On the lookout. obsolete,slang
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, nose.
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