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
We have one daughter and pay through the nose for private childcare.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2023
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
“I’m sitting on a station group of eight stations, and I got to pay through the nose for programming,” former journalist Gendel explains.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2021
"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
