to have one's nose in a book estar enfrascado en un libro get your nose out of that book and come and help me deja el libro un momento y ven a ayudarme
I always had my nose in a book He found his daughter stretched out beside the pool with her nose in a book I was just blissfully happy with my nose in a book she's always got her nose in a book
to hold one's nose taparse la nariz he was accused of insulting his hosts by holding his nose because he could not stand the smell I could sit on you, hold your nose, shove the damned things down your throat They're being urged by state and national leaders to hold their nose and vote for Edwin Edwards, fearing that Duke would scare industry away from Louisiana They're being urged by state and national leaders to hold their nose and vote for Smith
you wouldn't recognize an opportunity if it bit you on the nose no reconocerías una buena oportunidad ni aunque te topases con ella de frente he wouldn't know a heart condition if it bit him on the nose
to keep one's nose clean no meterse en problemas or líos (informal) if you keep your nose clean in this company you could go far if you keep your nose clean from now on, I won't take any action the rules are keep your nose clean, don't make any waves, turn a blind eye, collect your pay and ultimately you will get promoted
to cut off one's nose to spite one's face tirar piedras a su tejado you've heard the expression, "it's like cutting off your nose to spite your face" - well, hysterectomy for menstrual problems is more like "cutting out your uterus to spite your body" the Russians are actually wanting to see problems happen in the sense of cutting off their nose to spite their face, because then they can say, "Ha, yes, they screwed up as well"
to get/have one's nose in front coger/tener la delantera Neil Kinnock has his nose in front but it is still a tight race It's important to get your nose in front and stay in front
he gets up my nose me revienta (informal) his pompous manner really gets up my nose this sort of thing gets up my nose what really gets up my nose is his meanness What really gets up my nose is that all I want is a standard white car Snobs get up my nose
to keep one's nose out (of sth) no entrometerse (en algo) you keep your nose out (of this) - it has nothing to do with you the President kept his nose out of military business I told you to keep your nose out of trouble Iraq has told the United Nations to keep its nose out and has dismissed the threat of attack
to lead sb by the nose tener a algn agarrado por las narices you shouldn't let them lead you by the nose no deberías permitirles que te manejen a su antojo
If the national leader were to be seen as being led by the nose by a woman, particularly a designing, unfaithful and contemptible one, then his own stature would be significantly diminished the erroneous impression that the British can be led by the nose into an increasingly federal Europe somebody, somebody powerful and clever, who wanted us to write this story, led us by the nose every inch of the way you should be ashamed to let the campaign managers, who trot out this drivel over and over, lead you around by the nose
to look down one's nose at sth/sb despreciar algo/a algn; mirar a algn por encima del hombro they rather looked down their noses at the poor old French I know what it's like when people look down their nose because you don't have nice things I don't look down my nose at comedy
(right) on the nose en el clavo that's it! you've hit it on the nose! ¡eso es! ¡has dado en el clavo!
to pay through the nose (for sth) pagar un ojo de la cara (por algo) (informal); pagar un dineral (por algo) she paid through the nose (for it) le costó un ojo de la cara (informal); pagó un dineral (por ello) (informal); to make sb pay through the nose hacer pagar a algn un dineral (informal)
young drivers can pay through the nose for car insurance we don't like paying through the nose for our wine when eating out What banks want to do by re-introducing charges is to make us pay through the nose for looking after our money the company has been making rich idiots pay through the nose for a product that can be bought for a third of the price
to poke or stick one's nose into sth meter las narices en algo (informal); meterse en algo who asked you to poke your nose in? ¿quién te manda meter las narices (informal) or meterte en esto?; he's always poking his nose (in) where it's not wanted siempre está metiendo las narices or metiéndose en lo que no le incumbe (informal)
we don't like strangers who poke their noses into our affairs
to put sb's nose out of joint molestar a algn you've really put his nose out of joint by not asking him what he thought Messerschmitt really put Ernst Heinkel's nose out of joint in having his upstart fighter selected over the He 112 she was uncharacteristically sharp with me and I thought, somebody's put her nose out of joint
to see no further than the end of one's nose no ver más allá de sus narices dumb, greedy, stupid peasant who can't see further than the end of his nose
to turn up one's nose at sth hacerle ascos a algo You should never turn your nose up at inexpensive plants Even in the US top graduates turned up their noses at business jobs and tried instead to get into government service or university teaching He acted in about 30 commercials while his former classmates at the Yale drama school turned up their noses and waited on tables instead
under sb's nose: it's right under your nose lo tienes delante de las narices (informal); she did it under his very nose or right under his nose lo hizo delante de sus narices
we've been married 25 years, and this carrying on under my nose was the last straw
