Lead someone by the nose
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 4To control someone completely
नाक में नकेल डालना
He led ten committees by the nose for a decade.
To lead someone by the nose is control and not persuasion.
Daily use: Naak se leke ja raha tha.
बैल की नाक में नाथ डाल दी तो उसे जिधर खींचो, उधर चलेगा। Lead someone by the nose यानी किसी को पूरी तरह control करना। याद रखिए: नाक में नाथ डाल दी तो जिधर ले जाओ, उधर चलेगा।
Once a ring is put through a bull's nose, it goes wherever the rope is pulled. To lead someone by the nose is to control that person completely. His line says it best: 'naak mein naath daal di to jidhar le jao, udhar chalega' (with a nose-ring, it goes wherever you lead).
इसका meaning किसी को पूरी तरह control करना है; manipulative और subservience (अधीनता) related options हैं, autonomy (स्वायत्तता) opposite है।
It means to control someone completely; manipulative and subservience are related options, while autonomy is the opposite.