Question of the Day #771

“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle,” Orwell wrote.

From the 8th paragraph of this article at The Los Angeles Times.

上記の文で、in front of one's noseの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "in front of one's nose" mean?

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明日、ここに答えを書きます。
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解答

意味：
どういうわけか、よく使われるこのイディオムは英辞郎等のオンライン英和辞典に掲載されてなく、近いものは全部直訳になっている。なので、The Free Dictionaryの定義を訳すと、

すぐに明らか、明らかに

になります。

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Immediately obvious or clearly apparent.

Examples

• Even people with plenty of money will complain about what they don't have, rather than be grateful for the blessings that are right in front of their noses.
• The solution was right in front of my nose, but I just couldn't grasp it.
• All that time we've been searching for the answer, and it was right in front of our noses.
• The answer to the question was right in front of her nose, but she just couldn't figure it out.
• We've been looking for a solution to our financial problems for a long time while it was right in front of our noses.

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