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Re: 'Keep your nose close'?

Posted by James Briggs on January 31, 2006

In Reply to: 'Keep your nose close'? posted by Lilly on January 31, 2006

: Do you have an good explanation for a phrase: 'Keep your nose close'?

Possibly 'close to the grindstone', ie really concentrate of the task in hand.