auf die Nase fallen

to fall flat on one's face

Türkçe: yüzüstü kapaklanmak

Noun

Nase f.

Verb

fallen

Topic

Körper und Gesundheit

In a sentence

Der übermütige Investor fällt mit seiner Spekulation auf die Nase.

How it is used

Means 'to fall flat on one's face' — failing spectacularly. Idiomatic, colloquial, used in business or sports. Nuance: implies public humiliation or a major setback, not a minor mistake.

Other verbs that go with Nase

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• die Nase überall reinsteckento stick one's nose everywhere
• die Nase voll habento be fed up
• jdm. auf der Nase herumtanzento walk all over someone
• jdn. an der Nase herumführento lead someone around by the nose
• die Nase hoch tragento hold one's nose high

All collocations with Nase

Other collocations built on fallen

• auf fruchtbaren Boden fallenan idea or effort is well-received and likely to succeed
• jdm. in die Hände fallento fall into someone's hands
• auf die Knie fallento fall to one's knees
• ins Koma fallenthe transition into a comatose state
• jdm. zur Last fallento be a burden to someone
• zum Opfer fallento become a victim of something negative
• in Ohnmacht fallento fall into a faint
• aus dem Rahmen fallento stand out from the norm