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Ana poland Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
touching your nose/ gesture
Hi,
I've noticed in some American tv shows a gesture where a person touches their nose to indicate that some other person said something true or answered a question right. Here's an example from 'the big bang theory":
Sheldon: The print they’re showing on Friday has an additional 21 seconds of previously unseen footage
Penny: What, 21 seconds? That’ll be like seeing a whole new movie
Sheldon: I’m no expert, but I believe what we just heard from Penny was sarcasm
she touches her nose
Does this gesture have anything to do with the idiom "on the nose"? If not, where does this gesture come from?
I've noticed in some American tv shows a gesture where a person touches their nose to indicate that some other person said something true or answered a question right. Here's an example from 'the big bang theory":
Sheldon: The print they’re showing on Friday has an additional 21 seconds of previously unseen footage
Penny: What, 21 seconds? That’ll be like seeing a whole new movie
Sheldon: I’m no expert, but I believe what we just heard from Penny was sarcasm
she touches her nose
Does this gesture have anything to do with the idiom "on the nose"? If not, where does this gesture come from?
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ana poland Does this gesture have anything to do with the idiom "on the nose"? Probably. " = You are absolutely correct.
- ana poland Does this gesture have anything to do with the idiom "on the nose"?
- Probably.
- " = You are absolutely correct.
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ana polandDoes this gesture have anything to do with the idiom "on the nose"?Probably. "You've hit that one right on the nose." = You are absolutely correct.
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