"in front of one's nose" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in front of one's nose.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in front of one's nose, {{en-PP}} in front of one's nose
  1. (idiomatic) Plain; clearly apparent; obvious. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: under one's nose Translations (plain; clearly apparent; obvious): пря́мо пе́ред носом (prjámo péred nosom) (Russian), под самым носом (pod samym nosom) (Russian), delante de la nariz (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-in_front_of_one's_nose-en-prep_phrase-oMKfAUUy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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