TWO-BY-FOUR + NOUN
nose
PREP.
across, with
adj
Measuring two inches by four inches.
Small or cramped.
noun
Alternative spelling of two by four.
“I think the best way I can describe it is sort of like hitting a mule with a two-by-four across the nose,” he continued
They both wore the faces of someone who’d been smacked in the gut by a two-by-four.