Usage of "lead by the nose"

To confuse completely by concealing one's true motives from, especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.

Использование термина lead by the nose на английском

And we cringe, and we crawl, and are led by the nose. 
 Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 1, 1891 

He had been led by the nose like a crude school-boy. 
 The Half-Hearted 

Don't be led by the nose by a parcel of agitators! 
 The Obstacle Race 

She thought all men were dumb animals to be led by the nose. 
 Bangkok 8 

Now, boy, if I were you I would not be led by the nose. 
 Archibald Hughson: An Arctic Story 

You're just being led by the nose, or the ears. 
 Life 

Mr. Palliser is not the man to be led by the nose by any one. 
 Can You Forgive Her? 

And I allowed myself to be led by the nose to within a mile of Bergenheim! 
 Gerfaut — Volume 2 

They can be led by the nose, like your stupid king: I can do what I will- 
 Oddsfish! 

No, Henrich has an old head on his shoulders, and he can't be led by the nose. 
 Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, E... 

He didn't like the feeling that he was being led by the nose by this unseen enemy. 
 When darkness comes 

Demos, you are our all-powerful sovereign lord; all tremble before you, yet you are led by the nose. 
 The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 

I am no dancing- bear to turn around at a ball, and to be led by the nose. 
 Napoleon and Blücher: An Historical Novel 

You give way to her haughty manners, and suffer yourself to be led by the nose like a fool. 
 The Learned Women 

Allow me, amidst the cannon's roar, to introduce to you a man who has been led by the nose! 
 Three Dramas 

That the Duke of York, in all things but in his amours, is led by the nose by his wife. 
 The Diary of Samuel Pepys 

Значения термина lead by the nose на английском