10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEE NO FURTHER THAN ONE'S NOSE»
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
see no further than one's nose s'sheh me larg se hunda e vet □ Immature as he
was, Kevin could see no further than his nose. see off 1 . percjell □ We all went
to the airport to see her off. □ A number of friends and well-wishers came to see
...
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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms
Compare see no further than one's nose. can't take it with one be unable to use
one's wealth, possessions, etc. after one is dead. I think she's quite right at 90 to
take as many holidays as she can afford – after all, she can't take it with her.
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A Dictionary of Cliches
... to discover what a place is like: mid C. 19–20. The latter from Numbers, xiii. 16.
see it through, to (colloquial) . To go through with it to the end; to finish or
complete something: late C. 19–20. see no further than one's nose, to . To be
mentally ...
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THE OFFICE OF THE PERMANENT UNDER-SECRETARY OF THE
5With respect tothe former,Vansittart contended that 'inforeign policy, if one
livesfrom hand tomouth, oneisaptto see no further than one's nose' and argued
that British policy should attempt to follow a consistent and coherent line. Thiswas
...
Keith Neilson, T.G. Otte, 2005
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English-Ukrainian phrasebook
100. cannot see (a6o is not able to see, not to be able to see) (an inch, a step,
two inches, two yards) before (ado beyond) one's nose (mjtc. to see no further
than one's nose) He 6awnTH .nam cBoro Hoca; I'll give it to you straighter than ...
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The world of imagery: metaphor and kindred imagery
... to have one's head screwed on the right way, to be off one's head, over head
and ears, to cudgel one's brains, to split hairs, to cut off one's nose to spite one's
face, to see no further than one's nose, to pay through the nose, to have one's 1 A
...
Stephen James Meredith Brown, 1966
[BIS 36*] shu cudn long ben to run away in all directions/to run hither and thither
like rats and wolves latt^iS] shu du jl chdng extreme pettiness of character [ SI S \
T3fc 1 shu mu cun gudng to see no further than one's nose/to see only what is ...
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Русско-английский Фразеологический Словарь Для Переводчика
HE BEIIIATB HocA noBBcvirb See HOC HE Bnniarb nAnbiiiB cBoBro HOCA: =
To see no further than one's nose (or = be not able to see farther than one's nose)
. A He can't see beyond the end of his nose (or beyond his nose). (Contrast.
Сергей Сергеевич Кузьмин, 2001
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Fjalor frazeologjik anglisht-shqip
... fortune 342 seek sb/sth out 342 see land 342 see life 342 see little of sb 342
see much of sb 343 see no further than one's nose 343 see off 343 see one's way
(clear) 343 see out of the comer of one's eye 343 see over/round 343 see reason
...
To see no further than one's nose — identical in French, ne voir pas plus loin que
son nez. By rule of thumb — a vue de nez. To have a good nose — identical with
avoir bon nez. To a person's face — au nez de quelqu'un or under his nose.
Harold Miller Holden, 1950
