Noun
A nose that is bleeding internally.
(colloquial) A minor defeat.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThose who in quarrels intepose Must often wipe a bloody nose. John Gay
I had crashes when I was small and Gumby-like that would have killed me now. I would just fly off jumps and go 40 or 50 meters when I was 6 years old - break skis, smash my goggles and get a bloody nose and go crawl inside for a little while and then come back out and ski more in the afternoon. Bode Miller
Now in war we are confronted with conditions which are strange If we accept them we will never win. Since being realistic, as in mundane combats fistic We will get a bloody nose and that's a sin. George S. Patton