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button nose

idiom

A nose with a small size and a relatively flat, round shape, usually considered to be dainty or cute in appearance.


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  1. 01

    banana nose

    A large, unusually long nose.

  2. 02

    Benjamin Button

    To seemingly age in reverse; to appear younger, either through changes in appearance or one's personality and lifestyle.

  3. 03

    button one's lip

    To remain silent, especially in order to keep a secret or to avoid saying something inappropriate.

  4. 04

    button pusher

    Someone who pushes someone else's buttons: someone who goads, annoys, provokes, etc.

  5. 05

    camel's nose

    A situation where the permitting of some small act will lead to a larger undesirable act or circumstance.

  6. 06

    care a button

    To care (at all).

  7. 07

    cut off one's nose to spite one's face

    To harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary.

  8. 08

    give someone a bloody nose

    To defeat or frustrate someone, but without doing any permanent damage.

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