follow your nose

follow your nose
Follow your nose
When giving directions, telling someone to follow their nose means that they should go straight ahead.

The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.

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  • follow your nose — follow (your) nose 1. to make decisions by thinking of how you feel about someone or something instead of finding out information about them. As far as recruitment is concerned, I tend to follow my nose. I meet someone for an informal interview… …   New idioms dictionary

  • Follow Your Nose — was a children s game show series that aired for one series on ITV in 1992 and was produced by Tyne Tees Television. There were 8 editions screened between 13 May 1992 and 01 July 1992 …   Wikipedia

  • follow your nose — 1) to do what you feel is right in a particular situation, although you are not certain 2) to go straight forward, without turning Just follow your nose until you see the school car park …   English dictionary

  • follow your nose — …   Useful english dictionary

  • follow one's nose — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To go straight ahead; continue in the same direction. * /Just follow your nose and you ll get there./ 2. To go any way you happen to think of. * /Oh, I don t know just where I want to go. I ll just follow my nose and see… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • follow one's nose — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To go straight ahead; continue in the same direction. * /Just follow your nose and you ll get there./ 2. To go any way you happen to think of. * /Oh, I don t know just where I want to go. I ll just follow my nose and see… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • follow nose — follow (your) nose 1. to make decisions by thinking of how you feel about someone or something instead of finding out information about them. As far as recruitment is concerned, I tend to follow my nose. I meet someone for an informal interview… …   New idioms dictionary

  • follow — (v.) O.E. folgian, fylgan follow, accompany; follow after, pursue, also obey, apply oneself to a practice or calling, from W.Gmc. *fulg (Cf. O.S. folgon, O.Fris. folgia, M.Du. volghen, Du. volgen, O.H.G. folgen, Ger. folgen, O.N. fylgja to follow …   Etymology dictionary

  • nose — [[t]no͟ʊz[/t]] ♦♦♦ noses, nosing, nosed 1) N COUNT: oft poss N Your nose is the part of your face which sticks out above your mouth. You use it for smelling and breathing. She wiped her nose with a tissue... She s got funny eyes and a big nose.… …   English dictionary

  • follow — fol|low W1S1 [ˈfɔləu US ˈfa:lou] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(go after)¦ 2¦(happen after)¦ 3¦(come after)¦ 4 as follows 5¦(do what somebody says)¦ 6 follow the signs/somebody s directions 7¦(do the same thing)¦ 8¦(believe in something)¦ 9¦(go in particular… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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