If you’re nosy, here’s something for you!

Nosy is derived from nose, of course, but it means ‘curious’, or rather, ‘unduly curious’, usually about the affairs of other people.
• “Sorry for all the questions. I’m not usually so nosy.”
• And I’m curious. Okay, nosy. I like seeing how regular people live.
You certainly know the equivalent in Portuguese, right? Yes, ‘xereta’.
Now, as usual, let’s look at some collocations with nose.
If we ask for ‘nose’ immediately preceded by an adjective in the COCA corpus (www.americancorpus.org), we get the following results:

In contrast, someone referred to as having a patrician nose, is understood as being a refined person, a person of good breeding and education. (Note that although ‘patrician’ can be a noun, it is an adjective in this collocation. Even COCA gets mixed up sometimes!)

• Edward enquired, gazing down his long, patrician nose at his nineteen-year-old nephew.

Can you see the resemblance?

• Jack’s forehead wrinkling into his stupid crew cut, his snub nose with the big nostrils, his bulldog’s absurd jaw.

Interestingly, there is a kind of gun called a snub nose (or snubnose) revolver:

• It was metallic blue, dully gleaming, a revolver with a blunt snub nose.
• Back into the suitcase, she brings out a small snubnose pistol which she puts in the pocket of her robe.
You can find out more here:  https://www.snubnose.info/

• She was only thirteen and her button nose and slanted, almond-shaped eyes reminded him of a cat.
• He liked her because she had a cute button nose.
• The baby was absolutely beautiful, with chubby cheeks and a perfect button nose.

The next ones are pretty easy to understand.

• He took out a red sponge clown nose, put it over his nose, and raised one eyebrow.

Here we have an expression (a multinomial) used to refer to a medical area which deals with ear, nose and throat problems. As you can see below, it is used as a title of a specialized jornal.
• Nasal septal anatomy and its importance in septal reconstruction. Ear Nose Throat J 1997; 76(8):498-501,504-6.

or to refer to doctors who treat ear, nose and throat (ENT) problems:
• Physicians specializing in otolaryngology are called otolaryngologists or by the nickname “ENTs” or “ENT doctors” and often treat children with persistent ear, nose, and throat conditions to include surgery. Adult patients often seek treatment from an otolaryngologist for sinus infections, age-related hearing loss, and cancers of these regions.

In Portuguese we usually refer to these physians as ‘otolaringologistas’ and to the specialty as ‘otolaringologia’. But we also find references to ‘ouvido, nariz e garganta’:

By the way, if you have a runny nose, you’d better blow it.
• She took out a very clean handkerchief and blew her nose.

Hope you don’t get runny noses in this cold weather!
All the best!