What it actually means if somebody touches their nostril in entrance of you

A body language expert has revealed what it really means when someone pinches their nose in front of you.

Adrianne Carter, a UK-based body language and communications expert, said that it’s probably a sign they disagree with you. 

Speaking in a TikTok video, Adrianne said that unless they have a cold or are scratching an itch, rubbing their nose might be a subtle sign they disagree with you.  

‘Nose pulling or rubbing of the nose can often mean that someone doesn’t like what they’re hearing or they potentially disagree with what’s being said,’ she explained. 

Adrianne added that if it’s done while they are speaking, it could be a telltale sign they don’t agree or feel comfortable with what they’ve just said. 

The expert added that a person ‘doesn’t fully have confidence and aren’t feeling the words they really  – how they really feel.’

She added: ‘It’s often a sign of dislike or “I’m rejecting what I’m hearing from you”‘.

Body language expert Adrianne Carter has revealed the real meaning behind someone pulling or pinching their nose in conversation

But not everyone was convinced with many taking to the comments to suggest it more likely meant they simply had a cold.

One wrote: ‘Or have allergies and itchy nose I do that all the time’, while another said: ‘do it because my nose is itchy.’

Someone else suggested they actually did it when they felt nervous, writing: ‘no, I do it when I’m feeling awkward, it has nothing to do with me disliking anything’ and another chimed in to say: ‘Nah, i do it when im insecure, not feeling calm in the current environment….’.

There is also an easy way to spot whether someone disagrees with you or is lying.

Vanessa Van Edwards, from California, who is the founder of Science of People, which gives people science-backed skills to improve communication and leadership, joined Steven Bartlett on The Diary of a CEO podcast in December. 

The public speaker, who is also a bestselling author of Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication, revealed that most people can only spot a lie with 54 percent accuracy, saying you are better off tossing a coin. 

However she did say it was possible to spot a untruth based on certain cues that liars typically, but not always, do.

The vocal cues to look out for which could be an indication of lying are ‘question inflection’ and ‘a volume drop’.

Adrianne explained that if someone rubs or pinches their nose while they are speaking, it could be a telltale sign they don’t agree or feel comfortable with what they’ve just said

But not everyone was convinced with many taking to the comments to suggest it more likely meant they simply had a cold

Meanwhile there are also non verbal cues to watch for, such as ‘mismatched facial expressions’ and the look of ‘disgust.’

She said: ‘There’s no one cue that means someone is lying but there are a couple cues that come up over and over again.

‘Vocal cues are incredibly important, vocal cues tell someone how you are feeling about them, and how you feel about yourself, one of the biggest ones is an accidental question inflection.

‘A question inflection is when we go up at the end of our sentence, so it sounds like we’re asking a question even if we’re actually using a statement.

‘If we are listening to someone and we hear them accidentally use the question reflection our brain goes from listening to scrutinising.

‘Our brain wonders ”why did you ask me that”, liars typically accidentally use the question inflection. Liars are asking ”do you believe this?”

‘We did a massive experiment in our lab where we had people play two truths and a lie with us, and we found overwhelmingly one of the biggest patterns was that liars “asked” their lie statement.’

‘Our brain is very adept at this, if we hear someone use the accidental question inflection, we go wait a minute is someone lying to me.’

However she also claimed there are some non-verbal cues to look for when trying to spot a liar.

She said: ‘So non-verbal, what you’re looking for is incongruencies where the verbal does not match the body.

‘The biggest and most obvious one is when someone says ”yes” but shakes their head no or says ”no” but shakes their head yes.

‘There’s a cultural exception to this one, India, Bulgaria and Pakistan, they nod a little bit differently, the research actually shows that.’

The author also claimed ‘mismatched facial expressions’ also tends to give away someone’s true feelings.