under one's nose
Example Sentences
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As if one hasn't got puzzles enough, and bothers enough, under one's nose, without going a-field after a lot of metaphysical quibbles.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas
To have a possibility snatched from under one's nose without warning is annoying, especially if the season in possibilities threatens to be poor.
From The Window-Gazer by Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone
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)
Well, I am glad of it, Mrs. G., because, I assure you, that fogo must be a sickening one to carry about under one's nose.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 by Various
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
