Stand nose to nose.

鼻子对鼻子站着。

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You know, when it comes to Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, like I said, wants to stand on the global stage, thumb his nose at the United States, which is his favorite thing to do.

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The major averages kept rising into nose bleed thin air, but the Ag names were struggling to stand upright.

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You may or may not give a hoot about clothes, but it's hard not to celebrate the values of monumental, nose-to-the-sewing-machine hard work that stand behind the flamboyance.

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