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Meanings of lead by the nose in English
To confuse completely by concealing one's true motives from, especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.
Synonyms
Examples for "snow"
Examples for "snow"
1
Traveled four miles; came to the snow; continued about four miles further.
2
Note the entrance; a vertical hole in the snow in the foreground
3
Our teams continue to work hard to clear snow from the airfield.
4
One year the snow was five foot high right here on the-Ned?
5
Least it's too cold to snow, he comments; that's one good thing.
1
You can entangle me without fear; and I can love without hope.
2
For this reason do the Scribes and Pharisees seek to entangle him.
3
Why should she hesitate to endeavor to entangle the curate of St.
4
A genius could dance through obstacles that would hopelessly entangle ordinary men.
5
Thus it sometimes happens that men entangle themselves in their own schemes.'
1
He has not risen early enough in the morning to hoodwink me.
2
Try to hoodwink you into thinking they have no truss to sell.
3
I need his evidence to hoodwink this old cask of grog, Abercromby.
4
Also, I am a man whom he could easily hoodwink and outwit.
5
Now you hoodwink Cicereau's security chief, who is apparently a blood addict.
1
The brilliant young English openside is never going to bamboozle Beauden Barrett twice.
2
His fast feet bamboozle defences and he should waltz right into this squad.
3
But many modern adventuresses have been able to bamboozle the mighty.
4
They bamboozle a green gosling out of his birthright on Monday; that's business.
5
It is no use, Maternus, trying to bamboozle us with your everlasting serenity.
1
The endeavor was to enmesh him in legal coils and break his spirit.
2
He knew that given rope Lionel would enmesh himself still further.
3
A couple of sheets would also not be amiss-wewill enmesh the enemy!
4
Soon, the words start to enmesh and come alive, transporting the young reader to different realities.
5
As a Soviet proxy, Cuba came to enmesh itself in my brother's administration, and his destiny.
1
For the sake of effect, I shall not play false with philosophy.
2
He is deeply afraid that Richard might play false with Prince Edward.
3
To release the eagle would be to play false to Shamash.
4
Those who dream they can play false with Him are mistaken.
5
She need not lie nor play false nor fool herself here.
Usage of lead by the nose in English
1
And we cringe, and we crawl, and are led by the nose.
2
He had been led by the nose like a crude school-boy.
3
Don't be led by the nose by a parcel of agitators!
4
She thought all men were dumb animals to be led by the nose.
5
Now, boy, if I were you I would not be led by the nose.
6
You're just being led by the nose, or the ears.
7
Mr. Palliser is not the man to be led by the nose by any one.
8
And I allowed myself to be led by the nose to within a mile of Bergenheim!
9
They can be led by the nose, like your stupid king: I can do what I will-
10
No, Henrich has an old head on his shoulders, and he can't be led by the nose.
11
He didn't like the feeling that he was being led by the nose by this unseen enemy.
12
Demos, you are our all-powerful sovereign lord; all tremble before you, yet you are led by the nose.
13
I am no dancing- bear to turn around at a ball, and to be led by the nose.
14
You give way to her haughty manners, and suffer yourself to be led by the nose like a fool.
15
Allow me, amidst the cannon's roar, to introduce to you a man who has been led by the nose!
16
That the Duke of York, in all things but in his amours, is led by the nose by his wife.