pay through the nose

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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)

  1. (idiomatic) To pay an exorbitant or excessive amount, either in money or in some other manner.
    Hypernym: pay over the odds
    • 1650, George Walker, Anglo-Tyrannus, London: George Thompson, p. 20,
      Observe here the happy estate of our Ancestors under Monarchy, who, if they gained but this advantage of receiving a few good Grants, and enjoying a pittance of Freedom, once in 4 or 5 ages when their King was too young to play Rex, and there hapned a wise and honest Protector; yet were sure to pay through the nose for it afterwards with double and treble interest for forbearance.
    • 1918, Peter B. Kyne, chapter 36, in The Valley of the Giants:
      "You'll pay through the nose for this, you scoundrel," Sexton whimpered. "I'll fix you, you traitor."
    • 1921, John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga, part 2, ch. 4:
      That fellow would milk the settlements somehow, and make his family pay through the nose to keep him out of bankruptcy.
    • 2021 April 8, “Brace for the Amazon effect on live sport”, in The Economist‎, →ISSN:
      At a time when other entertainment is available at a sliver of the price from Netflix and other streaming services, live sport is the only thing left to induce viewers to pay through the nose for pay-TV.

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