pope's nose

pope's nose

The fatty tail of a cooked fowl, especially a chicken. When we were kids, it was always a special treat to be given the pope's nose off the Sunday roast chicken.
See also: nose
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • parson's nose
  • freeze (one's) tail off
  • freeze tail off
  • sit on (one's) tail
  • sit on someone's tail
  • on (one's) tail
  • on somebody's tail
  • on someone’s tail
  • on tail
  • on your tail
References in periodicals archive
However, on leaving Thiepval Wood, many casualties were claimed by the German machine guns situated in the Pope's Nose and also on the Schwaben Redoubt overlooking the objective.
Cleckheaton remembers its heroes
Roma apartheid occurred right under the Pope's nose in Europe.
Hindus, Jews Ask Pope to Abandon Double Standards on Roma Apartheid
Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and California in USA; in a joint statement in Nevada today, said that this Roma apartheid and racism was happening right under Pope's nose. As religion taught us to plead for the oppressed, stand with the poor, and seek justice for those whom God loved and too often the world overlooked; Pope's silence on this issue would be simply "out-of-line" and "shocking".
Hindus and Jews urge Pope to halt Roma demolitions in Italy
Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, had stressed in the past that condition of Roma in Europe had most of the signs of "apartheid" and it was happening right under Pope's nose and had repeatedly appealed him to openly embrace Roma cause and come up with a White Paper on their plight.
Hindus praise Vatican for opposing Roma crackdown in France
Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and California in USA; in a statement issued in Nevada today, said that the condition of the Roma had most of the signs of 'apartheid' and that it was happening right under the Pope's nose in Europe.
Hindus and Jews ask Pope to uphold 'Christian values' on Roma 'apartheid' in Europe