on the nose

"He threw a tea towel over my head and then bit me on the nose," she said.

Bergman’s production, marred by blasts of jarring folk music between scene transitions, is a little too on the nose.

A cartoon version of Jenny Schecter come to life, what transpires in her novel is close, if not on the nose, to what takes place around her, buffered by changed names and literary exaggerations.

The writing can be a little on the nose, but better a violent story with ideas than one with none.

But as on the nose as this subplot is, Mr. Garrison’s fiery executive action leaves a bit more open to debate.