Nose to the table??
How do you tell a good navigator, he wondered, looking round the room. Someone unflappable, but then that was a quality they all needed, wasn’t it? Nose to the table, focused on nothing but the job. From somewhere behind him he heard the slow, imperturbable notes of a Canadian accent. He turned around and, identifying the owner of the
voice, caught sight of his navigator’s brevet and said, ‘Ted Todd. I’m a pilot in the market for a good navigator.’
I would like to know what does " Nose to the table" here mean. Thanks.
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I believe it means "working really hard". Imagine a man reading a book with his nose close to the pages. Something like this: https://arzucanaskin.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/study_hard.jpg
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It means "focused on nothing but the job", in a physical way. If you concentrate on something on your desk, your nose points to the desk.
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"Nose to the table" means "to be extremely focused" or "to be concentrating heavily".
Imagine that you are reading a book that is on the table in front of you. If you are really concentrating on reading the book, your nose will be close to the book and table. Nose to the table.
He was reading a book. He had his nose to the table.
He was reading a book. He was really concentrating.
He was reading a book. He was really focused.
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