under one's nose
Example Sentences
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As I see it, at all events, it's a strange little evolution and all taking place here, quite compactly, under one's nose.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry
The man one can't find with all one's messengers sent about the place, sitting just under one's nose, exactly where one never thought of looking!
From The Idiot by Martin, Eva M.
As if one hasn't got puzzles enough, and bothers enough, under one's nose, without going a-field after a lot of metaphysical quibbles.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas
Well, I am glad of it, Mrs. G., because, I assure you, that fogo must be a sickening one to carry about under one's nose.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 by Various
Mildred could not resist—and who can when seated at table with the dish before one's eyes and under one's nose.
From The Price She Paid by Phillips, David Graham
