To 'follow your nose' means to trust your instincts and intuition to guide your decisions or actions.
The idiom 'to follow your nose' means to trust your instincts or intuition to guide you.
| Idiom | to follow your nose |
|---|---|
| Definition | to trust your instincts or first thoughts |
| Examples | - You'll know when you've met the person you want to marry. You just have to follow your nose. - I got lost in the backstreets of Paris but I followed my nose and soon found the hotel again. - I have always followed my nose and so far, it has not let me down. - After being cooped up in the city for fifty weeks a year, she had just followed her nose until she had discovered a small hidden lake. |
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