| Subject | English | Russian |
| idiom. | he doesn't keep his nose clean | у него рыльце в пуху (VLZ_58) |
| gen. | he tried to keep his nose clean after the entanglement with the police | он старался быть пай-мальчиком после недавнего столкновения с полицией |
| inf. | keep one's nose clean | вести дела безупречно |
| idiom. | keep one's nose clean | не совать нос в чужие дела (I warned you to keep your nose clean, didn't I? ART Vancouver) |
| slang | keep one's nose clean | не давать повода для придирок |
| nonstand. | keep one's nose clean | не лезть, куда не надо (igisheva) |
| nonstand. | keep one's nose clean | не лезть, куда не следует (igisheva) |
| nonstand. | keep one's nose clean | не совать нос, куда не нужно (igisheva) |
| nonstand. | keep one's nose clean | не совать свой нос, куда не надо (igisheva) |
| nonstand. | keep one's nose clean | не соваться, куда не нужно (igisheva) |
| nonstand. | keep one's nose clean | не совать свой нос, куда не следует (igisheva) |
| gen. | keep one's nose clean | вести себя безупречно |
| inf. | keep one's nose clean | стараться избежать неприятностей (Taras) |
| idiom. | keep one's nose clean | держаться от греха подальше (Anglophile) |
| nonstand. | keep one's nose clean | куда не надо (igisheva) |
| slang | keep one's nose clean | вести дела безупречно |
| idiom. | keep one's nose clean | держаться подальше от неприятностей ("if I kept my nose clean, I'd be a stackboy before the Thanksgiving break." Clasmys) |
| inf. | keep one's nose clean | избегать неприятностей (Taras) |
| nonstand. | keep one's nose clean | не соваться (igisheva) |
| nonstand. | keep one's nose clean | не соваться, куда не следует (igisheva) |
| nonstand. | keep one's nose clean | не совать свой нос, куда не нужно (igisheva) |
| nonstand. | keep one's nose clean | не совать нос, куда не следует (igisheva) |
| nonstand. | keep one's nose clean | не совать нос, куда не надо (igisheva) |
| nonstand. | keep one's nose clean | не лезть, куда не нужно (igisheva) |
| slang | keep one's nose clean | чтоб комар носа не подточил (в отношении закона) |
| idiom. | keep one's nose clean | не соваться в чужие дела (I went back to my desk and sat down and spent a little time wondering why a fairly important local racketeer like Menendez would think it worth his time to come in person to my office and warn me to keep my nose clean, just minutes after I had received a similar though differently expressed warning from Sewell Endicott. (Raymond Chandler) ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | keep one's nose clean | не лезть в чужие дела (I warned you to keep your nose clean, shamus, didn't I? ART Vancouver) |
| inf. | keep one's nose clean | не давать повода для придирок |
| Makarov. | keep one's nose clean | держаться от греха подальше |
| Makarov. | keep one's nose clean | не совать свой нос куда не следует |
