give (one) a bloody nose
give (one) a bloody nose
1. Literally, to cause someone's nose to bleed, especially by striking them. Johnny was expelled after he gave one of the boys in class a bloody nose. The dry air in Colorado always gives me a bloody nose when I come to visit.
2. To inflict damage or defeat on someone during a conflict or competition. Everyone agreed that the political newcomer gave the congressman a bloody nose during their first televised debate.
See also: bloody, give, nose
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- get a bloody nose
- take (something) on the nose
- take it on the nose
- turn (one's) nose up at (someone or something)
- turn nose up at
- turn your nose up at something
- nose candy
- nose job
- the nose knows
- blow (one's) nose