pay through the nose

释义

1. 牛津电影里 67%

   （为…）付过高的价

   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. 编辑释义电影里 33%

   让人付出惨重代价（流血、人命或惩罚）

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

   Make them pay through the nose!

电影里这样说 · 5 部

• 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

在完整场景里学

• 双重赔偿1944
  • 推销保险初见女主人：for my money（依我看）
  • 续车险搭讪女主人：a honey of a（顶呱呱的）
  • 揭穿烧车骗保案：tie knots in one's stomach（胃里拧成一团）
• 浮生若梦1938
  • 谋划军火垄断又逼人卖地：cash in on（趁势大捞一笔）
  • 劝小职员当田里百合：when my ship comes in（等时来运转那天）
  • 一家人各忙各的爱好：like hotcakes（十分抢手）
• 莫负当年情1988
  • 木栈道上两个女孩初遇：blow a gasket（大发脾气）
  • 试镜落选后大发脾气：pack it in（收摊）
  • 两地书信互相打气：falling apart（分崩离析）

同一词条的短语

• 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