under someone's nose

prepositional phrase

Directly in front of one; clearly visible.

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

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. idiomaticDirectly in front of one; clearly visible.

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

  2. idiomaticObvious or apparent.

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

Translations

Arabic واضح, جَلِيّ
  • واضحobvious
  • جَلِيّ (jaliyy)obvious
Danish for næsen af, for næsen af
  • for næsen afvisible
  • for næsen afobvious
Dutch voor de hand liggend
  • voor de hand liggendobvious
Finnish nenän edestä, nenän edessä
  • nenän edestävisible
  • nenän edessäobvious
French au nez et à la barbe, sous le nez de
  • au nez et à la barbevisible
  • sous le nez deobvious
Italian sotto il proprio naso, sotto il proprio naso
  • sotto il proprio nasovisible
  • sotto il proprio nasoobvious
  • davanti ai propri occhiobvious
  • davanti il proprio nasoobvious
Malay depan hidung
  • depan hidungvisible
Portuguese debaixo do nariz, debaixo do nariz
  • debaixo do narizvisible
  • debaixo do narizobvious
Russian под но́сом, под но́сом
  • под но́сом (pod nósom)visible
  • под но́сом (pod nósom)obvious
Cite this entry
APA

under someone's nose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under%20someone's%20nose

MLA

“under someone's nose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under%20someone's%20nose. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “under someone's nose,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under%20someone's%20nose.

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