pay through the nose

Meaning

1. Oxford67% of films

   to pay too much money for sth

   Using my son to get information, and then making me pay through the nose.

   We're sunk, and we'll have to pay through the nose, and you know it.

2. Editorial33% of films

   to make someone suffer a heavy non-monetary cost, in blood, lives, or punishment

   Make them pay through the nose!

In the movies · 5

• Make them pay through the nose!Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• We're sunk, and we'll have to pay through the nose, and you know it.Double Indemnity1944
• Using my son to get information, and then making me pay through the nose.You Can't Take It with You1938
• Oh you will pay through the nose, you will pay through the nose.She Loves Me2016
• And they will pay through the nose to get it.The Incredibles2004
• Naturally, of course, we're paying through the nose for it,Beaches1988

Learn it in full scenes

• Double Indemnity1944
  • Walter Meets Phyllis
  • Neff Flirts With Phyllis
  • Keyes Busts Garlopis's Fake Claim
• You Can't Take It with You1938
  • Kirby Plans the Munitions Monopoly
  • Poppins Becomes a Lily of the Field
  • A Day in the Sycamore House
• Beaches1988
  • CC Meets Hillary on the Boardwalk
  • CC Melts Down After Losing the Part
  • CC and Hillary Grow Up by Letter

From the same entry

• the devil to pay
• he who pays the piper calls the tune
• pay court to
• pay dividends
• pay for itself
• pay good money for
• pay its way
• pay the penalty
• pay your respects
• pay your way
• you pays your money and you takes your choice
• cost an arm and a leg