under someone's nose

under someone's nose

English

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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 French: au nez et à la barbe (fr)

Italian: sotto il proprio naso Portuguese: debaixo do nariz Russian: под но́сом (pod nósom)

obvious

Arabic: واضح‎, جَلِيّ‎ (jaliyy) Danish: for næsen af

Italian: sotto il proprio naso, davanti ai propri occhi, davanti il proprio naso Portuguese: debaixo do nariz Russian: под но́сом (pod nósom)