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can't see further than the end of your nose
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(Definition of can't see further than the end of your nose from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Not paying attention
Synonyms and related words:
- absent adjective (NOT PAYING ATTENTION)
- absent-minded adjective
- absently adverb
- abstracted adjective
- be like talking to a brick wall idiom
- dreamy adjective
- drop/lower your guard idiom
- faraway adjective
- go back to sleep! idiom
- hasty adjective
- like a bull in a china shop idiom
- merrily adverb
- not take a blind bit of notice idiom
- perfunctory adjective
- remiss adjective
- sideline verb
- take your eye off the ball idiom
- unguarded adjective
- unmindful adjective
- unwary adjective
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