Travel

follow your nose

go without a planned route

To go in the direction that seems interesting without planning exactly where you will go.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Did you have a route planned?

No, we just followed our noses and explored the old town.

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We left the main street and followed our noses through the market.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: We followed our nose through the market.

Say: We followed our noses through the market.

With "we," use the plural "noses" in this expression.

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How it fits in a sentence.

follow your nose; followed our noses

Your turn: say it out loud

We left the main street and followed our noses through the market.

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follow your nose

go without a planned route

“We left the main street and followed our noses through the market.”

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