under someone's nose

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

under someone's nose

1. (idiomatic) directly in front of one; clearly visible

   I searched for my glasses for twenty minutes, and finally found them right under my nose.

2. (idiomatic) obvious or apparent

   If we had paid more attention, we would have found that answer was under our noses the whole time.

Translations

visible

• Danish: for næsen af
• Finnish: nenän edestä
• French: au nez et à la barbe (fr)
• Italian: sotto il proprio naso
• Portuguese: debaixo do nariz
• Russian: под но́сом (ru) (pod nósom)

obvious

• Arabic: واضح, جَلِيّ (jaliyy)
• Danish: for næsen af
• Dutch: voor de hand liggend
• Finnish: nenän edessä
• French: sous le nez de
• Italian: sotto il proprio naso, davanti ai propri occhi, davanti il proprio naso
• Portuguese: debaixo do nariz
• Russian: под но́сом (ru) (pod nósom)