a nose for (something)

a special ability to find or do something.

Any good journalist has a nose for a good story.

• your life is in hands
• your life is in someone's hands
• your lips are sealed
• your lord and master
• Your luck's in!
• your meat and two veg
• your mind goes blank
• your mind is a blank
• your mind is on
• your mind is on something
• your name in lights
• your nearest and dearest
• your neck of the woods
• your nose is out of joint
• your own man
• your own person
• your own woman
• your own worst enemy
• your pound of flesh
• your road to Damascus
• your salad days
• your sea legs
• your smart mouth
• yours truly
• your tail between legs