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What does paying through the nose mean?

that's going to be expensive! Comes from occasional practice of piercing an indentured servant's septum and hanging a chain from his nose until he had worked off the debt. Having to pay a large sum for an item/service/etc. paying through the nose means paying too much for something or that you give more money for something than its worth or to spend too much money for something that is a ripoff.


What is paying through the nose?

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.


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What is the idiom for To pay far more for an article than it is really worth?

The idiom for paying far more for an article than it is really worth is "to pay through the nose."


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