English Dictionary

on the nose

前置詞句

オーストラリア英語 比喩的用法 頻度副詞 俗語 前置詞句 廃用

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.

日本語の意味

的確な、精密な、適切な / 平凡な、直截的すぎる、ニュアンスに欠ける / （オーストラリアのスラングで）臭い、悪臭がする / （ギャンブルのスラングで、競馬において）一位になる

Her summary was on the nose, leaving no room for misinterpretation.

彼女の要約はまさに的確で、誤解の余地がなかった。

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.