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Meaning of under someone's nose | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. directly in front of one; clearly visible
    idiomatic
  2. obvious or apparent
    idiomatic

Equivalents

العربية جلي واضح
Suomi nenän edessä nenän edestä
Français au nez et à la barbe sous le nez de
Italiano davanti ai propri occhi davanti il proprio naso sotto il proprio naso
Nederlands voor de hand liggend
Português debaixo do nariz
Русский под но́сом

Examples

“I searched for my glasses for twenty minutes, and finally found them right under my nose.”
“If we had paid more attention, we would have found that answer was under our noses the whole time.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

under someone's roof under the auspices of under the breath under the carpet under the cosh under the counter

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