- nose in a book
- {n. phr.} Busy interest in reading. - Used with a possessive. * /Mother can't get Mary to help do the housework; she always has her nose in a book./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
nose in a book
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nose in a book — {n. phr.} Busy interest in reading. Used with a possessive. * /Mother can t get Mary to help do the housework; she always has her nose in a book./ … Dictionary of American idioms
nose\ in\ a\ book — n. phr. Busy interest in reading. Used with a possessive. Mother can t get Mary to help do the housework; she always has her nose in a book … Словарь американских идиом
His Nose in the Book — Infobox Film name = His Nose in the Book image size = caption = director = B. Reeves Eason producer = writer = B. Reeves Eason Henry Murray narrator = starring = Hoot Gibson music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 17 April,… … Wikipedia
have your nose in a book — have (your) nose in a book to be reading. My daughter reads all the time. She s always got her nose in a book … New idioms dictionary
have nose in a book — have (your) nose in a book to be reading. My daughter reads all the time. She s always got her nose in a book … New idioms dictionary
nose — nose1 W2S2 [nəuz US nouz] n ↑ear, ↑nose, ↑tooth, ↑eye ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(on your face)¦ 2 (right) under somebody s nose 3 stick/poke your nose into something 4 keep your nose out (of something) 5 turn your nose up (at something) 6 with your nose in the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
nose — I n. 1) to blow; wipe one s nose 2) to pick one s nose 3) an aquiline, Roman; bulbous; pug, snub, turned up nose 4) a bloody; running, runny nose (the child has a runny nose) 5) through the nose (to breathe through the nose) 6) a nose bleeds;… … Combinatory dictionary
nose — 1 noun 1 ON YOUR FACE (C) the part of your face that you smell with and breathe through: a broken nose | Marty punched him on the nose. | blow your nose (=clear it by blowing strongly into a piece of cloth or soft paper): Here, take this hanky… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
book — See: CLOSED BOOK, CLOSE THE BOOKS, HIT THE BOOKS, KEEP BOOKS, NOSE IN A BOOK, ONE FOR THE BOOKS, READ ONE LIKE A BOOK, TALKING BOOK, THROW THE BOOK AT … Dictionary of American idioms
book — See: CLOSED BOOK, CLOSE THE BOOKS, HIT THE BOOKS, KEEP BOOKS, NOSE IN A BOOK, ONE FOR THE BOOKS, READ ONE LIKE A BOOK, TALKING BOOK, THROW THE BOOK AT … Dictionary of American idioms
