pay through the nose

[pay through the nose] {v. phr.}, {informal} To pay at a very high rate; pay too much.

* /He had wanted experience, but this job seemed like paying through the nose for it./

* /There was a shortage of cars; if you found one for sale, you had to pay through the nose./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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