lead by the nose

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Verb

lead by the nose - conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"bamboozle, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow, hoodwinkdeceive, lead astray, betray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"

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牵着鼻子走

nose

(nəuz) noun1. the part of the face by which people and animals smell and usually breathe. She held the flower to her nose; He punched the man on the nose.鼻子2. the sense of smell. Police dogs have good noses and can follow criminals' trails.嗅觉3. the part of anything which is like a nose in shape or position. the nose of an aeroplane.鼻状物 verb1. to make a way by pushing carefully forward. The ship nosed (its way) through the ice.小心翼翼地向前移动2. to look or search as if by smelling. He nosed about (in) the cupboard. 窥探，四处查看 -noseda long-nosed dog. 有...鼻子的（后缀） ˈnos(e)y adjective taking too much interest in other people and what they are doing. She is a very nos(e)y person.爱管闲事的ˈnosily adverb爱管闲事地ˈnosiness noun 好打听，爱管闲事 ˈnose-bag noun food-bag for horses, hung over the head. 马首粮秣袋ˈnosedive noun a dive or fall with the head or nose first. The aeroplane did a nosedive into the sea.俯冲ˈnose job noun plastic surgery on the nose. 鼻子整形手术 verb to make such a dive. Suddenly the plane nosedived.俯冲follow one's nose to go straight forward. 笔直走lead by the nose to make (a person) do whatever one wants. 牵着鼻子走nose out to find (as if) by smelling. The dog nosed out its master's glove.嗅出pay through the nose to pay a lot, or too much. 被敲竹杠turn up one's nose at to treat with contempt. He turned up his nose at the school dinner.嗤之以鼻under (a person's) (very) nose right in front of (a person). The book was right under my very nose; He stole the money from under my very nose.当着某人的面

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lead (one) (around) by the nose

To exert a high degree of control over someone else. I can't stand the way your mother leads you around by the nose like that and tells you what to do!See also: by, lead, nose

lead someone by the nose

1. Fig. to force someone to go somewhere (with you); to lead someone by coercion. John had to lead Tom by the nose to get him to the opera. I'll go, but you'll have to lead me by the nose. 2. Fig. to guide someone very carefully and slowly. (As if the person were not very smart.) He will never find his way through the tax form unless you lead him by the nose. Don't lead me by the nose! I'm coming!See also: by, lead, nose

lead by the nose

Dominate or control someone, as in "The Moor ... will tenderly be led by the nose as asses are" (Shakespeare, Othello, 1:3). This expression alludes to an animal being led by a ring passed through its nostrils. [Late 1500s] See also: by, lead, nose

lead by the nose, to

To dominate. Although this phrase, which alludes to an animal led by a ring passed through its nostrils, occurs in a slightly different form in the Bible (Isaiah 37:29), its first use in English appears in a translation of Lucian’s Dialogues of the Gods (ca. a.d. 170), cited by Erasmus in Adagia. By the sixteenth century it had been transferred to human beings. Arthur Golding’s translation of Calvin’s writings (1583) states it as, “Men . . . suffer themselves to be led by the nose like brute beasts.” See also: by, lead

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verb conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

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