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have your nose in a book
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to spend a lot of time reading
Also 'with your nose in a book'. It describes someone who reads all the time, and it can sound gently teasing.
In context
Whenever I visit my uncle, he has his nose in a book and barely says hello.
Have your nose in a book at lunch if you like, but come and eat with us tomorrow.
More idioms about study
- a bookworma person who loves reading and reads a lot
- a bright sparksaid ironically about someone whose clever idea was actually silly
- a closed booka subject that you do not understand or know anything about
- a crash coursea short course that teaches a lot in a very short time
- a dab hand at somethingvery good at a particular skill or activity