under one's nose
Example Sentences
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As I see it, at all events, it's a strange little evolution and all taking place here, quite compactly, under one's nose.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry
But still, you see, one's often blind to many a thing that lies right under one's nose, till it's pointed out.
From Mary Barton by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
Mildred could not resist—and who can when seated at table with the dish before one's eyes and under one's nose.
From The Price She Paid by Phillips, David Graham
They would lope across the floor under one's nose, or dangle their tails from the beams overhead, and I slept with a big stick handy.
From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
Usually they are hollow tubes of paper which just flare away under one's nose and are done.
From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)