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French
Etymology
Compare English nose to the grindstone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lə ne dɑ̃ l(ə) ɡi.dɔ̃/
Phrase
le nez dans le guidon
- (informal, figuratively) so focused on what one's doing that one becomes unaware of one's surroundings and oblivious to anything else, that one can no longer see the bigger picture
- Synonym: la tête dans le guidon
- avoir le nez dans le guidon, être le nez dans le guidon ― to be so caught up in something that one can't see the wood for the trees, to lose perspective
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