pay through the nose
Speech parts
1. pay through the nose - Verb
2. pay through the nose - Phrase
Meaning
pay through the nose (third-person singular simple present pays through the nose, present participle paying through the nose, simple past and past participle paid through the nose)
(idiomatic) To pay an exorbitant or excessive amount, either in money or in some other manner.
Synonym: pay over the odds
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The life insurance policies advertised on the radio with the line "You cannot be turned down for this coverage!" are actually saying, " For policies this small, it would cost us more to decide whom to turn down than simply to accept everybody-and make them pay through the nose."
If it means that they’re going to have big tickets, and pay through the nose for safety infractions, and maybe learn a lesson that way, that would be a much better way than a child losing their life.”
Their clear agenda is to heap this new morality on millions of people forced to pay through the nose for the ‘privilege’ with a hefty license fee.
When these expensive gadgets of war are given away, one savvy Senator asks, doesn't that mean the government has to pay through the nose when the Pentagon needs to purchase replacements?
It turns out we’ll pay through the nose for social status, whichever side of the pond we’re on.
The police in Bulawayo act as if they are heartless and force me to pay through the nose.