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词组 lead someone by the nose
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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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