## [Nosy expressions](/en/quiz/nosy-expressions-eng) The nose is responsible for our sense of smell, but did you know that it has also been the inspiration for an array of colourful expressions? See if you can make "scents" of the following expressions by matching them with their meanings. 1. be as plain as the nose on one's face remind someone repeatedly and unkindly of an error or failure always work hard lack foresight or awareness be very obvious pay an excessive amount of money for something be offended by something dominate or control someone regard as inferior 2. keep one's nose to the grindstone remind someone repeatedly and unkindly of an error or failure always work hard lack foresight or awareness be very obvious pay an excessive amount of money for something be offended by something dominate or control someone regard as inferior 3. look down one's nose at remind someone repeatedly and unkindly of an error or failure always work hard lack foresight or awareness be very obvious pay an excessive amount of money for something be offended by something dominate or control someone regard as inferior 4. pay through the nose remind someone repeatedly and unkindly of an error or failure always work hard lack foresight or awareness be very obvious pay an excessive amount of money for something be offended by something dominate or control someone regard as inferior 5. rub someone's nose in something remind someone repeatedly and unkindly of an error or failure always work hard lack foresight or awareness be very obvious pay an excessive amount of money for something be offended by something dominate or control someone regard as inferior 6. lead someone by the nose remind someone repeatedly and unkindly of an error or failure always work hard lack foresight or awareness be very obvious pay an excessive amount of money for something be offended by something dominate or control someone regard as inferior 7. see no further than the end of one's nose remind someone repeatedly and unkindly of an error or failure always work hard lack foresight or awareness be very obvious pay an excessive amount of money for something be offended by something dominate or control someone regard as inferior 8. get one's nose out of joint remind someone repeatedly and unkindly of an error or failure always work hard lack foresight or awareness be very obvious pay an excessive amount of money for something be offended by something dominate or control someone regard as inferior