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Eunjinny Posted 17 years ago
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A little up the nose on that one

In a sitcom,

A couple are talking, and the man put his forefinger on his wife's lips to stop her talking.
But it was positioned a little high almost at her nose.
So she says " a little up the nose on that one."
Is she saying your finger is a little up the nose??
Are both of the sentences the same? If not, what difference do you sense? Emotion: nodding
  

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" Is she saying your finger is a little up the nose? I would take this to mean exactly what it says, the male actor actually (but accidentally) shoved his finger up the female's nose by a small amount. This is typically the kind of thing you get to see in the bloopers section of a DVD.

  • " Is she saying your finger is a little up the nose?
  • I would take this to mean exactly what it says, the male actor actually (but accidentally) shoved his finger up the female's nose by a small amount.
  • This is typically the kind of thing you get to see in the bloopers section of a DVD.
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eunjinnySo she says " a little up the nose on that one."
Is she saying your finger is a little up the nose?
I would take this to mean exactly what it says, the male actor actually (but accidentally) shoved his finger up the female's nose by a small amount.

This is typically the kind of thing you get to see in the bloopers secti
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Then, can I say "your finger is a little up the nose?" Is this the same as what she said?
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Aside from Ray's suggestion, "up the nose" only evokes snorting cocaine, which doesn't seem to relate to your story; and the traditional insult involving another *******.

In the sixties we had the popular song, "May the bird of paradise fly up your nose," which is a blending of good will and bad; and the expression popularized by a highschool sitcom, "up your nose with a rubber hose," pr

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