| 单词 | to pay through the nose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pay through the nose j. to pay through the nose: to pay an exorbitant price, be charged excessively. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)] > pay dearly or excessively to pay sauce1659 to pay size1662 to pay through the nose1666 1666 G. Torriano Proverbial Phrases 242/2 in Piazza Universale Oft-times Rich men engrossing commodities, will make one pay through the nose, whereas they might sell the cheaper. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 270 Made them pay for it most unconscionably and through the Nose. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. x. vi. 287 She knows nothing of business, and is made to pay for every thing through the nose. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. ii. 27 But paying through the nose was not the worst of it. 1893 S. Baring-Gould Cheap Jack Zita I. ix. 136 Something for which the public had that day paid, and paid through its nose. 1953 H. Clevely Public Enemy xvii. 105 You're goin' to pay through the nose, an' you're goin' to go on payin'. 1988 Football Today Nov. 45/1 Crowds..are..prepared to pay, often through the nose, to stand on cold concrete throughout the misery of a British winter to watch their team play. < as lemmas |
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