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词组 lead someone by the nose
释义
Idiom
lead someone by the nose
Theme: CONTROL
to force someone to go somewhere (with you); to lead someone by coercion. (Informal.)
John had to lead Tom by the nose to get him to the opera.I’ll go, but you’ll have to lead me by the nose.
Idiom
lead someone by the noselead (someone) by the nose
to control someone and make them do exactly what you want them to do.
They simply didn't know what they were doing and they were led by the nose by a manipulative government.
(usually passive)

lead (one) (around) by the nose

To exert a high degree of control over someone else. I can't stand the way your mother leads you around by the nose like that and tells you what to do!

lead someone by the nose

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lead someone around by the nose

If someone leads you by the nose or leads you around by the nose, they control you completely so that you do whatever they want. This nation has been led by the nose in foreign affairs. The Government has let itself be led by the nose by the timber trade. Note: This expression is used to indicate that the person or organization being controlled is weak. Note: Bulls and other animals sometimes have rings through their noses so that a rope can be tied to the ring in order to lead them along. This expression is used in Shakespeare's play Othello, when Iago says Othello `will as tenderly be led by the nose as asses are.' (Act I, Scene 3)

lead someone by the nose

control someone totally, especially by deceiving them. informal
The image here is of an animal being controlled by a restraint round or in the nose. Shakespeare used this expression in Othello ( 1604 ): ‘The Moor…will as tenderly be led by th'nose As asses are’.
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