牛津電影裡 67%
(為…)付過高的價
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.
編輯釋義電影裡 33%
讓人付出慘重代價(流血、人命或懲罰)
to make someone suffer a heavy non-monetary cost, in blood, lives, or punishment
Make them pay through the nose!
釋義來自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》第 9 版