on the nose

Adjective on the nose has 1 sense

• on the nose(s = adj.all) on the button - being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion; "his guess was on the nose"; "the prediction for snow was right on the button"

Adverbial on the nose has 1 sense

• on the nose(r = adv.all) exactly, on the button, on the dot, precisely - just as it should be; "`Precisely, my lord,' he said"