follow nose

  • 31follow one's nose —    If you follow your nose, you go straight ahead.    This can also mean to follow your instinct in life.     The station is at the end of the road just follow your nose …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 32follow up — Synonyms and related words: PS, Parthian shot, addendum, afterthought, anamnesis, appendix, associative anamnesis, attend, back matter, carry through, case history, catamnesis, chase, chivy, chorus, coda, codicil, colophon, come after, conclusion …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 33nose — noseless, adj. noselike, adj. /nohz/, n., v., nosed, nosing. n. 1. the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration …

    Universalium

  • 34nose — nose1 [ nouz ] noun count *** 1. ) the part of your face above your mouth that you use for smelling and breathing. The two holes in your nose are called nostrils: Her nose is bleeding. Hold your nose (=press the two sides of it) and put your head …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 35nose — I UK [nəʊz] / US [noʊz] noun [countable] Word forms nose : singular nose plural noses *** 1) the part of your face above your mouth that you use for smelling and breathing. The two holes in your nose are called nostrils Her nose is bleeding. Hold …

    English dictionary

  • 36follow\ one's\ nose — v. phr. informal 1. To go straight ahead; continue in the same direction. Just follow your nose and you ll get there. 2. To go any way you happen to think of. Oh, I don t know just where I want to go. I ll just follow my nose and see what happens …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 37nose — [[t]noʊz[/t]] n. v. nosed, nos•ing 1) anat. the part of the face that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and that functions as a passageway for air in respiration 2) anat. this part as the organ of smell 3) the sense of smell 4) the snout …

    From formal English to slang

  • 38nose — See: COUNT HEADS or COUNT NOSES, CUT OFF ONE S NOSE TO SPITE ONE S FACE, FOLLOW ONE S NOSE, GO INTO A TAIL SPIN or GO INTO A NOSE DIVE, HARD NOSED, KEEP ONE S NOSE CLEAN, KEEP ONE S NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE, LEAD BY THE NOSE, LOOK DOWN ONE S NOSE… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 39nose — See: COUNT HEADS or COUNT NOSES, CUT OFF ONE S NOSE TO SPITE ONE S FACE, FOLLOW ONE S NOSE, GO INTO A TAIL SPIN or GO INTO A NOSE DIVE, HARD NOSED, KEEP ONE S NOSE CLEAN, KEEP ONE S NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE, LEAD BY THE NOSE, LOOK DOWN ONE S NOSE… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 40nose — See: count heads or count noses, cut off one s nose to spite one s face, follow one s nose, go into a tail spin or go into a nose dive, hard nosed, keep one s nose clean, keep one s nose to the grindstone, lead by the nose, look down one s nose… …

    Словарь американских идиом