count noses

Also, count heads. Reckon up the number of those present. For example, The theater seemed only half-full, so the producer decided to count noses, or Our tour leader was always careful to count heads before the bus started off. This idiom was originally put as tell noses. [Mid-1600s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gwenda	GWEN-də (English)	Welsh, English
Jarod	JER-əd, JAR-əd	English
Robert	RAH-bərt (English), ro-BER (French), RO-bert (German), RO-bərt (Dutch), RAW-bert (Polish), RO-byert (Russian), RO-beert (Russian)	English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Slovene,
Herakleides	-	Ancient Greek
Gun	-	Swedish
BogusŁAwa	baw-guw-SWAH-vah	Polish