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目と鼻の先

めとはなのさき

a stone's throw away

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Examples

  1. 駅は目と鼻の先だ。

    えきはめとはなのさきだ。

    The station is a stone's throw away.

  2. うちから学校までは目と鼻の先です。

    うちからがっこうまではめとはなのさきです。

    The school is just around the corner from my house.

  3. 目と鼻の先に住んでいながら、何年も会っていない。

    めとはなのさきにすんでいながら、なんねんもあっていない。

    We live right next to each other, yet we haven't met in years.

Common patterns

目と鼻の先にある
to be right nearby
目と鼻の先の距離
a stone's throw of a distance
〜まで目と鼻の先だ
it is no distance at all to ~

Memory tip

The gap between your own eyes and nose — about as short as a distance gets. It is used for physical distance between places; for a deadline that is nearly here you want 目前 or 間近 instead.

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