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Finnish
Etymology
nenän (“(of) nose”) edestä (“(from) in front (of)”), (from) in front of (the) nose
Phrase
nenän edestä
- (idiomatic) (from) under one's nose, from under someone
- He varastivat sen aivan nenäni edestä. ― They stole it from right under my nose.
Usage notes
nenän may receive a possessive suffix, causing the phrase to appear as for instance nenäsi edestä or nenänne edestä: