词汇 | under your own nose |
词源 | under your own nose. Right in front of someone, as in “He cheated you here, right under your own nose.” The expression dates back to at least 1548 and usually refers to “an action that is done in defiance of a person without his perceiving it,” in the words of the OED. Variations on the phrase are right under your nose and under your very nose. |
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