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hold your nose
idiom
to press your nose tightly between thumb and finger in order to close it: 捏住鼻子
I have to hold my nose when I jump into water.当我跳到水里时必须捏住鼻子。
She holds her nose and drinks the medicine.
to do something you find unpleasant or do not want to do because the other choices are worse:
He spent days trying to convince congressional colleagues to hold their noses and vote for the bill.
We have no option but to hold our noses and take part in this embarrassing exercise.
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