in front of one's nose

English

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Prepositional phrase

in front of one's nose

1. (idiomatic) Plain; clearly apparent; obvious.

   All that time we've been searching for the answer, and it was right in front of our noses.

Translations

plain; clearly apparent; obvious

• Russian: пря́мо пе́ред носом (prjámo péred nosom), под самым носом (pod samym nosom)
• Spanish: delante de la nariz

See also

• under one's nose