po nosie

Polish

Etymology

Literally, “according to [one's] nose”.

Pronunciation

Adverb

po nosie (not comparable)

  1. (Western Kraków, Sławków) to one's taste
    Jemu było to straśnie nie po nosie. ― It was terribly not to his taste/liking.

Further reading

  • Jan Karłowicz (1903), “nos”, in Hieronim Łopaciński, Wacław Taczanowski, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 3: L do O, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 334
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