Learn 10 English Expressions with NOSE!

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Hi there.
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Oh, I'm sorry, I'm picking my nose.
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This thing here is called a "nose", and we have many expressions or idioms using the
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word "nose".
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So, first of all, again, pronunciation, it's not: "nose-see-e".
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It's "nose".
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It's a homophone, and it sounds like this word in English.
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A "homophone" is a word that sounds exactly the same as another word, but the meaning
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is different.
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So, "nose" and "knows" is a homophone.
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I have a beautiful rhyme for you: Nobody knows what Rosy knows when she blows her nose in
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her underclothes.
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That's your homework: Figure out that.
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Rosy, don't blow your nose in your underclothes.
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So: "Expressions with 'Nose'".
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For some reason in English we have many idioms and expressions using parts of the body, and
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the nose has many expressions.
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I've narrowed it down to ten that I think are the most useful.
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I've told you guys before that I find idioms to be a little bit, I don't know, old-fashioned,
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old-school.
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I don't think we use them a lot, but these ones we do, so that's why I'm teaching them
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to you.
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Ha-ha.
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So, "nose" idioms.
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The first one is: "Keep your nose clean".
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So that doesn't mean you pick your nose; it just means that you don't do anything bad.
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Now, when I was researching this, I thought: "What could you possibly do bad with your
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nose other than pick it?"
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I think this might have to do with drugs, specifically drugs that you inhale; cocaine.
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So, maybe this came from not doing cocaine.
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So: "Keep your nose clean" means don't do cocaine.
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Rule number one: Don't die.
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Rule number two: Don't do cocaine.
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So: "Keep your nose clean" means don't do anything bad.
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Don't do bad things.
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Another expression we have is: "Keep your nose to the grindstone."
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So, this is a very, very old expression.
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A "grindstone" is a stone that you would use to grind something.
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So, "grind" means take something from a solid into a powder.
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So, you can grind grain.
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You can take corn and make it corn powder, or wheat.
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So, a grindstone, if you're a worker, you want to make sure that you... you're not looking
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up and you're actually focusing on your work.
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So: "Keep your nose to the grindstone" means: "Do your job.
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Don't mess around on Facebook."
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They didn't have Facebook back then.
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If they did, it would be treacherous.
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But: "Keep your nose to the grindstone" means just: "Hey.
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Hey.
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Hey.
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Hey.
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Concentrate.
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Do your work.
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Don't be distracted."
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This is a great word: "He or she is nosey".
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"Nosey" is an adjective.
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"Nosey" means that the person is asking you too many personal questions.
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So, this is where we can get confused.
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There's a difference between making conversation with someone and being nosey.
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Some people think that when other people are talking to them, they're being nosey, but
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actually they're making conversation.
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So, if somebody is nosey, they ask too many personal questions.
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For example: "Oh, hi.
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Nice to meet you.
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What's your job?
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Oh.
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Well, how much money do you make?
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Oh.
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What kind of car do you have?"
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This is being a little nosey.
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Some might... people might say it's rude, but you're asking too many personal questions.
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-"What did you do yesterday?"
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-"Oh, I went out."
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-"Where did you go?
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Who did you go with?
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What did you do?"
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Again, someone might be trying to help you learn English and practice your conversation,
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or they might be being nosey.
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So: "Nose around" has to do with being nosey.
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Or: "Put your nose in other people's lives."
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So, this, again, comes from the expression of being nosey.
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If you "nose around" or if you "put your nose in other people's lives" or other people's
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business, it means you interfere with their personal life.
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So, again, you're just asking too many questions.
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You're getting too personal.
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If it's between friends, it's okay; but if it's someone you do not know very well, you're
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being nosey; you're nosing around.
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Get your nose out of there.
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This is a cool expression; we use this a lot: "Have a nose for something."
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I have a nose for smelling, but: "To have a nose for something" means that you are good
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at detecting or good at doing something.
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For example, I can say: "I have a nose for wine."
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This means I'm good at distinguishing different kinds of wine.
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Or: "I have a nose for colour."
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My nose has eyes.
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If you have a nose for something, you're good at using it; you're good at doing it.
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Maybe you have a nose for English.
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I have a nose for English, a nose for Spanish, a nose for Po-... no.
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You only have one nose, but it means you're good at doing something.
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What do you have a nose for?
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The next one is if you "turn up your nose".
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So, if you "turn up your nose", it means you do this.
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If you turn up your nose at something, it means you show the person you do not like
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something.
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So, you show... uh-oh.
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You show you don't like.
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So, a really easy example of this is with children.
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If you give a child food they don't like, they go: "Eww", and their little noses turn
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up.
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You can do this as an adult.
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It's kind of rude.
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Depends on who you are.
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But if I give you food and you don't like it, you shouldn't go: "Eww".
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You shouldn't turn up your nose.
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Sometimes it happens naturally if you really hate something, you go... but this is a facial
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expression that can be rude, so be careful.
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If you don't like something, just politely say: "Ah, you know, I don't really like that",
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but don't go: "Eww.
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That's disgusting."
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Okay?
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Be careful.
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Be nice to people.
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To show you don't like something means to turn up your nose.
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This one: "brownnose".
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This is one of my favourites.
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So, "to brownnose someone" means that you try... let me tell you another... let me do
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this another way.
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If you brownnose someone, we have another expression: "You suck up to someone."
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So, if you "suck up to someone" or you "brownnose someone", it means you try to please them,
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but it's way too much.
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So, you will hear someone say: "Oh my god, Susie's sucking up to the boss again."
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Or: "Susie is such a brownnoser.
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Susie brownnoses."
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Why do you think the nose is brown?
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Okay.
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Let me explain.
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So, this comes from the expression: "to kiss ass".
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So: "kiss ass", "suck up to someone", and "brownnose" is the same.
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This means you literally put your face in someone's ass.
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Why are you doing that?
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That's strange.
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Maybe you're a dog.
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But it means that you try too hard to please people; usually a boss.
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So, if you want a promotion, you're going to brownnose the boss.
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So the boss is going to bend over and you're going to put your face right in their bum,
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and your nose is going to get brown.
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English is weird.
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Why do you...?
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I don't think this is cool.
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I don't think I would like to do this to my boss.
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I don't think my boss would like this.
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Some bosses like this, though, I'm sure.
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So, if you want a promotion, feel free to brownnose, or suck up to your boss, or kiss
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ass.
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Hopefully the person's washed.
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So, "brownnose" means you try to please your boss a lot.
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This is cool: "Follow your nose".
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Obviously every day you're going to follow your nose because it's in front of you, but
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I literally do this every day when I smell Indian food.
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So, the way that I know if a restaurant, an Indian restaurant is delicious is I smell
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the air, and I go: "Oh... oh, no.
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Hold on.
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I smell some good food."
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I follow my nose-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-to the restaurant.
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If you "follow your nose" it means you let the smell guide you to some place that you
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think is good.
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It doesn't have to be with restaurants; it means you follow your instincts.
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My instinct is to eat Indian food.
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Good instinct.
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So, "follow your nose" means follow your instinct.
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The last one: "Have your nose in a book".
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You're famous.
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Just your nose.
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Your nose is a model.
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"To have your nose in a book" means you are reading the book so intensely that you do
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not look at anything else.
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Oh, hi.
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So, "to have your nose in a book"... you can have your nose in a magazine, have your nose
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in a book.
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I think people would say: "I have my nose in my phone", because I don't see a lot of
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people reading books or magazines anymore.
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So, he has his nose in his phone; he's actually ignoring other people and only looking at
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the book or only looking at the phone.
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Do you have a nose?
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Do you have a nose for something?
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What do you have a nose for?
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I have a nose for smelling.
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Smell ya later.
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