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The phrase "pay through the nose" means paying a very high price for something. It suggests that the cost is excessively expensive or overpriced.
As a native speaker of English, sometimes I wonder how these idioms came into being. Paying through the nose means to pay a premium or to pay way too much for something.
through the nose, my friend.
The origin is French - O.E. nosþyrl, lit. "the hole of the nose," from nosu "nose" + þyrel "hole," from þurh "through."
go to a garage and pay through the nose.
The idiom for paying far more for an article than it is really worth is "to pay through the nose."
Going bankrupt; In the hole; Pay through the nose and money down the drain.
with its lungs, and then breaths through there nose!
You can breath through your nose or mouth.
They breathe through their nose.
Yes. my daughter puked through her nose this morning!
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