on the nose

Example Sentences

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Lee Knight’s “A Friend of Dorothy” may be a tad on the nose about the cultural and emotional impact of a lonely London widow on a closeted teenaged boy.

From Los Angeles Times

Red lights are on the nose, of course, to echo Rudolph.

From Salon

"We made a snowman - I remember not having a carrot to put on the nose, so we ended up with an apple," she said.

From BBC

The latest Marvel movie: Mr. Kellerman thinks the soundtrack was “a little too on the nose,” whatever that means.

From Literature

Meanwhile—as in, simultaneously—VW Group has been creating a China-only version of the brand, for which the familiar four rings of the brandmark have been replaced with glowing sans-serif lettering on the nose.

From The Wall Street Journal