nose-picking

nose-picking

The act of removing nasal mucus (i.e., "boogers") with one's finger. Nose-picking is a filthy habit. I've spent a lot of time getting my kids to quit doing it.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • pick (one's) nose
  • nose-pick
  • nose-picker
  • lunger
  • nose-lunger
  • blow (one's) nose
  • blow nose
  • make a habit of
  • make a habit of (doing something)
  • make a habit/practice of something
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She enthusiastically agreed, and said that starting next school year, perhaps her son would drop karate, viola, swimming, baritone horn, basketball, junior debate team, chess, drama club, origami, basket-weaving, water polo, nose-picking and therapy; that is, if he agrees to the changes.
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I probably had time to conceive and raise a family if you added up the hours I spent with that oh-so-picturesque view of the roundabout and snaking lines of nose-picking drivers.
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Summary: JEDDAH: Nose-picking is one of the most common unhygienic practices observed in grocery shops, restaurants and coffee shops in Jeddah, according to several municipal inspectors.
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London, Sep.15 (ANI): Britain is a nation of burping, nose-picking couch potatoes, a survey of 3, 000 people has revealed.
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In his book Life In The Fast Lane, Boris said: "I don't believe using a mobile when driving is necessarily any more dangerous than nose-picking, studying the A-Z, beating the children and so on."
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Mr Robertson, the boss of Wednesbury-based West Midland Fencing, said his parents ordered a set of pictures from the photographer but rejected the nose-picking shot because they thought it was tasteless.
Edward sees rich pickings in photo; It was taken in the 1960s as a humorous family snap for a couple of well-heeled Birmingham doctors. But now a legal battle is raging over a picture of a little boy picking his nose
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Staphylococcus - a germ species most commonly associated with nose-picking - was found in abundance on steering wheels and driver's seats.
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For you, it may be nose-picking, toenail-chewing or listening to Queen albums.
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Every driver is secretly proud of his best accident, but it's the same sort of furtive pleasure as nose-picking: not talked about in polite company.
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Other causes include chronic nose-picking, sinus infection, and reaction to medications such as inhalants, aspirin, ibuprofen, or anticoagulants.
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Usually I decline with a modest shrug, but a pundit, no matter how minor, must eventually punditize on whatever topic comes along, no matter how tawdry or trivial that topic may be: the trend toward nose-picking while waiting for the light to change, for example.
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