| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Nose |
| | | A big (long) nose never spoiled a handsome face. French. | 1 |
| A man should not stick his nose in his neighbor’s pot. | 2 |
| A man should not stick his nose in everything. | 3 |
| A red nose makes a ragged back. Scotch. | 4 |
| He cut off his nose to spite his face. | 5 |
| He that hath a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it. | 6 |
| His nose will abide no jests. | 7 |
| If you have lost your nose put your hand before the place. Italian. | 8 |
| If Cleopatra’s nose had been a quarter of an inch shorter it would have changed the face of the world. | 9 |
| Keep your nose out of another’s mess. Danish. | 10 |
| No one bites his own nose. | 11 |
| One may know by your nose what pottage you love. | 12 |
| Scant of cheeks makes a long nose. | 13 |
| To be led by the nose. Dutch. | 14 |
| To follow one’s nose. | 15 |
| Who blows his nose too hard makes it bleed. French. | 16 | | |
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