नाक में दम करना

Meaning: To harass or pester relentlessly.

Language: Hindi

Literally: To put breath into someone's nose

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: Making a person's nose 'breathless' pictures driving them to the very edge of exasperation.

More idioms — Body & Senses

• מצא חן בעיניי — It pleased me; I liked it.
• Дати драла — To run away fast.
• Anar a pams — To proceed carefully, step by step.
• Tocar el dos — To clear off; to leave in a hurry.
• Að leggja höfuðið í bleyti — To sleep on a problem and think hard about it.
• Að kasta til höndunum — To do a job carelessly and in haste.

More Hindi idioms

• नाक रगड़ना — To grovel and beg humbly.
• आसमान सिर पर उठाना — To raise a huge uproar.
• ऊँट के मुँह में जीरा — A laughably tiny amount for something that needs much more.
• बंदर क्या जाने अदरक का स्वाद — An ignorant person can't appreciate something refined.
• नाच न जाने आंगन टेढ़ा — A bad workman blames his tools.
• दाल में कुछ काला है — Something suspicious is going on.

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