on the nose

Example Sentences

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The directors take a visual essay approach, contrasting Walden Pond and its woods and the rivers Thoreau rowed with sped-up footage of our crazy modern world — which can be a little on the nose.

From Los Angeles Times

But on Sunday, anyone with an ego got swatted on the nose.

From Los Angeles Times

I could tell by the surprised look on the little mare’s face that it was the first time she had been kissed on the nose by a hound dog.

From Literature

Lee Knight’s “A Friend of Dorothy” may be a tad on the nose about the cultural and emotional impact of a lonely London widow on a closeted teenaged boy.

From Los Angeles Times

Red lights are on the nose, of course, to echo Rudolph.

From Salon