"lead by the nose" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "The figurative senses are metaphorical extensions from the literal sense of leading a livestock animal by grabbing its nose or nose ring (with the latter hooked to a lead) or by pushing its nose into feed or water to encourage it to eat or drink.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leads by the nose",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leading by the nose",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "led by the nose",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "led by the nose",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lead<,,led> by the nose"
      },
      "expansion": "lead by the nose (third-person singular simple present leads by the nose, present participle leading by the nose, simple past and past participle led by the nose)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to follow blindly."
      ],
      "id": "en-lead_by_the_nose-en-verb-VP5aftQN",
      "links": [
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ],
        [
          "blindly",
          "blindly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, figurative) To cause to follow blindly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: spoon-feed"
        },
        {
          "text": "We had to lead some users by the nose because they couldn't understand even the simplest instructions.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lead by example and painstaking explanation, as one might do for remedial teaching."
      ],
      "id": "en-lead_by_the_nose-en-verb-j0pCoeZI",
      "links": [
        [
          "example",
          "example"
        ],
        [
          "explanation",
          "explanation"
        ],
        [
          "remedial",
          "remedial"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, figurative) To lead by example and painstaking explanation, as one might do for remedial teaching."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "lead someone down the garden path"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "red herring"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "mener par le bout du nez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "an der Nase herumführen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "wodzić za nos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "duce de nas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vodítʹ zá nos",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "води́ть за́ нос"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "armar una cancamusa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-lead by the nose.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/En-au-lead_by_the_nose.ogg/En-au-lead_by_the_nose.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/En-au-lead_by_the_nose.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lead by the nose"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Translation table header lacks gloss"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The figurative senses are metaphorical extensions from the literal sense of leading a livestock animal by grabbing its nose or nose ring (with the latter hooked to a lead) or by pushing its nose into feed or water to encourage it to eat or drink.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leads by the nose",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leading by the nose",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "led by the nose",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "led by the nose",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lead<,,led> by the nose"
      },
      "expansion": "lead by the nose (third-person singular simple present leads by the nose, present participle leading by the nose, simple past and past participle led by the nose)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lead someone down the garden path"
    },
    {
      "word": "red herring"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to follow blindly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ],
        [
          "blindly",
          "blindly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, figurative) To cause to follow blindly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: spoon-feed"
        },
        {
          "text": "We had to lead some users by the nose because they couldn't understand even the simplest instructions.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lead by example and painstaking explanation, as one might do for remedial teaching."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "example",
          "example"
        ],
        [
          "explanation",
          "explanation"
        ],
        [
          "remedial",
          "remedial"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, figurative) To lead by example and painstaking explanation, as one might do for remedial teaching."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-lead by the nose.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/En-au-lead_by_the_nose.ogg/En-au-lead_by_the_nose.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/En-au-lead_by_the_nose.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "mener par le bout du nez"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "an der Nase herumführen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "wodzić za nos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "duce de nas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vodítʹ zá nos",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "води́ть за́ нос"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "armar una cancamusa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lead by the nose"
}