Phrase guide

stick one's nose into

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To interfere or try to intervene in (an issue that does not concern one).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • Stop sticking your nose into my affairs!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: poke one's nose into, thrust one's nose into

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَشَرَ أَنْفَهُ (ḥašara ʔanfahu) — to interfere
  • Armenian: քիթը խոթել (kʻitʻə xotʻel) — to interfere
  • Czech: strkat nos — to interfere
  • Finnish: työntää nenänsä — to interfere
  • French: fourrer son nez — to interfere
  • German: die Nase stecken — to interfere
  • Greek: πετάγομαι σαν την πορδή (petágomai san tin pordí) — to interfere
  • Hungarian: beleüti az orrát — to interfere
  • Lithuanian: kištis — to interfere
  • Polish: wsadzać nos — to interfere
  • Polish: wsadzić nos — to interfere
  • Romanian: băga nasul — to interfere
  • Russian: сова́ть нос (sovátʹ nos) — to interfere
  • Spanish: echar su cuarto a espadas — to interfere
  • Tamil: மூக்கை நுழை (mūkkai nuḻai) — to interfere
  • Turkish: salça olmak — to interfere
  • Turkish: maydanoz olmak — to interfere
  • Turkish: burnunu sokmak — to interfere
  • Turkish: karışmak — to interfere