on the nose
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
prep_phrase
Unimaginative; overliteral; lacking nuance; unsophisticated.
prep_phrase
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, nose.
Example Sentences
- "His estimate that they would consume 23 boxes was on the nose."
- "His choice of decor was on the nose, considering the theme of the party."
- "Boy, are those people getting bargains. Let's see . . . the child population is just about average for the city, on the nose."
- "“I think the part of me that is sensible, the part that's most on the nose about making decisions about how and what to write, is the part which wants to continue working toward the Turgenev model in fiction. Which is simply based on the idea that novels have to be extremely efficient to survive.[…]”"
- "In the last three or four years of the series, with the active and very enthusiastic support of the producers and writers, we did go much more on the nose with political issues."
- "[Lawrence:] [At the audition,] it was me and five or six women with the large breasts, the short skirts, the hair and makeup. They were just much more on the nose, in terms of what someone who was sexually voracious would look like. I was in a sweater and slacks, hiding the sexuality."