出鼻を折る

でばなをおる

to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

鼻っ柱をへし折る

はなっぱしらをへしおる

to take someone down a peg; to cut someone down to size; to dampen someone's confidence

我を折る

がをおる わがをおる

to concede a point, to yield, to give in

筆を折る

ふでをおる

to break off writing

骨を折る

ほねをおる

to make efforts, to take pains

腰を折る

こしをおる

to interrupt (a story, etc.)

角を折る

つのをおる

to give in (after initially resisting); to yield; to concede; to break (one's) horn

節を折る

せつをおる

to compromise one's principles; to betray one's principles

指を折る

ゆびをおる

to count on one's fingers

鼻をすする

はなをすする

to sniffle, to sniff

折る

おる

to break, to fracture, to break off, to snap off, to pick (e.g. flowers)

鼻を高くする

はなをたかくする

to be proud

鼻を削がれる

はなをそがれる

to have one's nose mutilated, to have one's nose cut off

鼻毛を数える

はなげをかぞえる

to lead (a man) around by the nose

鼻をつく

はなをつく

to be smelly, to stink

鼻をかむ

はなをかむ

to blow one's nose

鼻を刺す

はなをさす

to have a pungent smell, to have an acrid smell

無駄骨を折る

むだぼねをおる

to waste one's efforts, to work to no (useful) effect

話の腰を折る

はなしのこしをおる

to interfere, to butt in, to interrupt someone