American Idiomatic Expressions This online dictionary of idioms and phrases […]

[brown-nose] {v.}, {slang}, {avoidable}, {though gaining in acceptance} To curry favor […]

[cut off one's nose to spite one's face] {v. phr.} To […]

[follow one's nose] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To go straight ahead; […]

[keep one's nose clean] {v. phr.}, {slang} To stay out of […]

[keep one's nose to the grindstone] or [have one's nose to […]

[lead by the nose] {v. phr.}, {informal} To have full control […]

[look down one's nose at] {v. phr.}, {informal} To think of […]

[nose about] or [nose around] {v. phr.}, {informal} To look for […]

[nose down] {v.}, {of an aircraft} To head down; bring down […]