on the nose

Meaning

  1. (idiomatic) Exact; precise; appropriate.
  2. (idiomatic) Unimaginative; over-literal; lacking nuance.
  3. (Australia, figuratively, often, slang) Smelly, malodorous.
  4. (slang) Being a bet on a horse to finish first.
  5. (obsolete, slang) On the lookout.
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, nose.

Opposite of
nuanced, subtle
Synonyms

on the button
exactly
A1
on the dot
precisely
B2
accurately
C2
discerning
31k
discriminating
39k
elaborated
exact
B1
exquisitely
40k
fastidiously
frugal
32k
judicial
C2
just now
keen
B2
mature
C1
nice
A1
offensive
C1
precise
C1
recollective
retentive
sharp
B2
sharply
C1
smack-dab
strict
C1
subtle
C1
good
A1
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by the numbers
accurate
C1
careful
A2
close
A1
delicate
B2
Translations

precisamente

pile poil

exactement
exactament
talment
haargenau
justament
exact
präzise
pile
precisament
précisément
précises
proprement

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