on the nose
Example Sentences
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Chances are, you’ll retire either sooner or later than you plan to, rather than hit that date on the nose.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
But they’re seldom as musically on the nose as Weezer’s “Island in the Sun” in “Every Year After.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Although Sarah Paulson‘s Met Gala look was railed by Cosmopolitan as being “tone deaf,” her commentary on the 1% was very “almost on the nose, but not quite.”
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
While historical comparisons and analogies can be overdone, the parallels between Washington in late November 2004 and today can feel a little too on the nose.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
And then crack! as one of them hit the Centipede right on the nose and crack! again as another one hit him somewhere else.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
