pay through the nose
Example Sentences
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In other words, clients will manage their own portfolios rather than pay through the nose for fees.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Housing Secretary Steve Reed told the BBC that reselling for profit was “hugely damaging to individuals having to pay through the nose for tickets.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
“I had no choice but to pay through the nose for cabbages,” said 56-year-old Sung Ok-Koung, a homemaker in Seoul, for whom making kimchi is an important family activity.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022
Mr Locke's crisp business had to pay through the nose because otherwise he would have run out of crisps, which makes up more than two thirds of his sales.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2022
"By gad, I'll have my lawyers on to her for this! I'll make her pay through the nose!"
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
