N
Idioms beginning with "N"
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Contents of N:
[none too] {adv.}
Not very; not at all.
The doctor arrived none too soon as Lucy's fever was alarmingly high.
[nonstarter] {n.}
An idea, plan, or project that doesn't work or is obviously no good.
His plan to start a new private school is a nonstarter because he is unable to organize anything.
[nose]
See:
[COUNT HEADS] or [COUNT NOSES],
[CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE],
[FOLLOW ONE'S NOSE],
[GO INTO A TAIL SPIN] or [GO INTO A NOSE DIVE],
[HARD-NOSED],
[KEEP ONE'S NOSE CLEAN],
[KEEP ONE'S NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE],
[LEAD BY THE […]
[nose about] or [nose around] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To look for something kept private or secret; poke about; explore; inquire; pry.
In Grandmother's attic, Sally spent a while nosing about in the old family pictures.
* /The detective was nosing […]
[nose down] {v.}, {of an aircraft}
To head down; bring down the nose of.
The big airliner began to nose down for a landing.
The pilot nosed the plane down toward the runway.
[nose in] (1) or [nose into] (1) {informal}
Prying or pestering interest in; unwelcome interest in; impolite curiosity.
He always had his nose in other people's business.
Contrast: [NOSE OUT OF].