English Dictionary

on the nose

prep_phrase

Exact; precise; appropriate. / Unimaginative; over-literal; lacking nuance. / (slang, Australia, often figuratively) Smelly, malodorous. / (slang, gambling, of a bet on a horse) To finish first.

The answer you gave is right on the nose.

意味（1）

Exact; precise; appropriate.

His estimate that they would consume 23 boxes was on the nose.

意味（2）

Unimaginative; over-literal; lacking nuance.

Wearing that floral dress to a garden party was a little on the nose, wouldn't you say?

意味（3）

(slang, Australia, often figuratively) Smelly, malodorous.

That bucket of raw prawns you left in the sun is a bit on the nose.

意味（4）

(slang, gambling, of a bet on a horse) To finish first.

It was three o'clock. They were running the third race at Santa Anita and he had ten bucks on the nose.

意味（5）

(obsolete slang) On the lookout.

意味（6）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, nose.