nose-picker

nose-picker

Someone who uses their finger to remove mucus from the nose. I am bound and determined to make sure my kids don't become nose-pickers!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • blow (one's) nose
  • blow nose
  • get up (one's) nose
  • get up somebody's nose
  • get up someone's nose
  • turn (one's) nose up at (someone or something)
  • turn nose up at
  • turn your nose up at something
  • nose candy
  • nose job
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I have not been involved in any discussions on that" International Trade Secretary Liam Fox, insisting the Cabinet had not agreed a deal to allow free movement of labour for three years after Brexit "The only way to mitigate the dreadful instability that will be costly for communities and industry is to try to ensure that, at least for a transitional period, we retain participation in the single market or the customs union, or both" Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock "I have a personal allergy to cliches because my mother ran off with a milkman" Artist Grayson Perry "They always say I'm not funny" Actress Nicole Kidman, above, complaining she never gets offered comedy roles "I am a terrible nose-picker. My mother was, too.
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