damn

[nigeltde]

Am I the only one who thought "on the nose" meant something along the lines of exaggerated/too obvious, the etymology somehow stemming from something to do with "smelly"? As in, I used to be into Nine Inch Nails but now, except for The Fragile, which is awesome, I find them a bit on the nose, possibly because His Rezship is so very definitely smelly.

Apparently it means precise, spot on. Whoops.

I like my meaning better.

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[jessikast]

I guess it's like in charades, where you touch your nose to indicate that someone has a right answer? Or when you tap your nose slyly to indicate...um...slyness. Or something.

[china_shop]

Am I the only one who thought "on the nose" meant something along the lines of exaggerated/too obvious

No. Damn, I like that meaning better, too. ;-P

[lastrega.livejournal.com]

There are actually two meanings of 'on the nose' in use. One, 'that's a bit on the nose' means something that smells gross, the other, as in 'you got it right on the nose' means spot on/exactly.

Australian, English it is not.

[nigeltde]

So does Fraser! And he is the ultimate arbitrator, so I guess we're all set :-D

[nigeltde]

a ha, I thought he was actually gesturing towards his nose in that pic

[nigeltde]

Yeah, that makes sense! I should have thought of that.

[nigeltde]

Damn, so I'm still wrong. And I use it quite often, too!

[lydia-petze.livejournal.com]

I've heard it used both ways, just to confuse things ;-)

[nigeltde]

yeah, probably from me!