intj. phr. (streets’).—A retort on asking the way. The full phrase is, ‘Follow your nose, and you are sure to go straight.’
1620. PERCY, Folio MSS., p. 462, ‘The Sea Crabb.’ He went to the sea syde, & FFOLLOWED HIS NOSE.
1854. Notes and Queries, x., p. 66. In what collection of tales published in 1834 shall I find the tale entitled FOLLOW YOUR NOSE?
