How is “pay through the nose” used?

In Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert (2010), one line is: “Make them pay through the nose!”

Which movie is “pay through the nose” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert (2010).

Make them pay through the nose!

5 作品で登場 · 1 本目

to pay too much money for sth; to make someone suffer a heavy non-monetary cost, in blood, lives, or punishment

くだけた · 5 本の映画に登場

オックスフォード映画の 67%
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.
編集映画の 33%
to make someone suffer a heavy non-monetary cost, in blood, lives, or punishment
Make them pay through the nose!

定義：Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 第 9 版