10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUB SOMEONE'S NOSE IN IT»
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to rub someone's nose in it W, RUB to see no further than (the end of) one's ...
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Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
RUB SOMEONE'S NOSE IN IT to rub someone's nose in it. To constantly remind
someone of a past mistake or failure. Source: DOG. One method of
housebreaking a puppy is to rub its nose in the "mistake" that it has just made on
the floor or ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
[Slang; mid-1800s] rub someone's nose in it Bring something, especially an error
or fault, repeatedly and forcefully to someone's attention. For example, I know I
was wrong, but don't rub my nose in it. This expression alludes to the unkind ...
put (someone's) nose out of joint to take (someone's ) place as the one loved by
someone else: Their three-year-old is very spoilt — the new baby will certainly
put her nose out of joint. rub (someone's) nose in it to remind (someone) very
often ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
put (someone's) nose out of joint to take (someone's ) place as the one loved by
someone else: Their three-year-old is very spoilt — the new baby will certainly
put her nose out of joint. rub (someone's) nose in it to remind (someone) very
often ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
Blaise Pascal once said: "Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the face of the
whole world would have been different today." The nose is also firmly associated
with a number of sayings and expressions: "to rub someone's nose in it," "to
thumb ...
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500 Common Chinese Proverbs and Colloquial Expressions: An ...
... would be 'to intentionally draw attention to someone's faults.' Its functional
translation is 'rub someone's nose in it.' Example 1: A:W%%fli&fi? B. WEZWE$
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Liwei Jiao, Benjamin Stone, 2014
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The Chambers Dictionary
... rub on or of the green (golf) a chance outside interference with the ball (also/ig)
; rub out to erase; to murder (slang); rub shoulders to come into social contact (
with); rub someone's nose in it (colloq) to remind someone insistently of a
mistake, ...
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
rub someone's nose in it to humiliate someone by reminding them ofa mistake
UK, 1963. < rub the magic lamp (of a male) to masturbate US, 2001 rub-a-dub;
rub-a-dub-dub; rubberdy; rubbidy; rubba noun a public house. Rhyming slang for
...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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The Long Black Hand: Bomb Squad NYC Incident 3
“So who's your suspect?” Kahn asked. “The security guy,if youcan believe it.” “
He's intomusic?” “Maybe he pickedit upalong the wayor he's just trying to rub
someone's nose in it.” “And his motive?” “Pump upthebudget.” Kahn shookhis
head.
