鼻はなを折おる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

humble someone; take someone down a peg; deflate someone's arrogance

Idiomatic expression meaning to humble or deflate someone's pride, often by outdoing them or pointing out their mistake. Literally 'to break someone's nose'.

• 彼かれの自じ慢まん話ばなしにうんざりして、一ひと言ことで鼻はなを折おってやった。

  Tired of his boasting, I humbled him with a single remark.

• 新しん人じんのくせに生なま意い気きだから、ちょっと鼻はなを折おってやろう。

  He's cheeky for a newcomer, so let's take him down a peg.