under someone's nose

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Prepositional phrase

under someone's nose

(idiomatic) directly in front of one; clearly visible
I searched for my glasses for twenty minutes, and finally found them right under my nose.
(idiomatic) obvious or apparent
If we had paid more attention, we would have found that answer was under our noses the whole time.

Translations

visible

Danish: for næsen af
Finnish: nenän edestä
French: au nez et à la barbe (fr)
Italian: sotto il proprio naso
Portuguese: debaixo do nariz
Russian: под но́сом (ru) (pod nósom)

obvious

Arabic: واضح, جَلِيّ (jaliyy)
Danish: for næsen af
Finnish: nenän edessä
French: sous le nez de
Italian: sotto il proprio naso, davanti ai propri occhi, davanti il proprio naso
Portuguese: debaixo do nariz
Russian: под но́сом (ru) (pod nósom)

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