pay through the nose
Example Sentences
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We have one daughter and pay through the nose for private childcare.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2023
“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
On the islands this can be much harder and the lack of choice means most locals have no option but to pay through the nose.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 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
Why pay through the nose for contractors when you can do it yourself? he always said.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
