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
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
Why pay through the nose for contractors when you can do it yourself? he always said.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
