bloody nose

English

Noun

bloody nose (plural bloody noses)

1. A nose that is bleeding internally.
2. (colloquial) A minor defeat.
   • 2009, James L. Stokesbury, A Short History of World War I, page 46:

     He did not think it could be done and preferred to fight a battle in the morning, give the Germans a bloody nose, and then scoot off while they recovered.

Synonyms

• bloodied nose, blood nose (Australia)

Meronyms

• epistaxis
• nosebleed

Translations

a nose that is dripping blood

• Maori: ihu toto

Further reading

• bloody nose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia