pay through the nose

基本解释

Worse, because they have so little choice, Americans pay through the nose for the privilege of going online.
更糟糕的是，由于选择太少，美国人不得不为上网付出过高的价钱。
The corner shop is convenient if you forget to get something in town, although you pay through the nose for anything you buy there.
如果你在镇上忘了买什么，在这个拐角商店里可非常方便地买到，不过价钱要贵很多。
Luring those overseas business partners is hard when they have to pay through the nose every time they want to come and check how their underwear factory is doing, for instance.
然而吸引那些外企伙伴是很难的，每当他们想要回来照料他们的内衣制造厂的运营情况时，他们要付出巨大的财力 - 这就是一个例子。

If someone is hard-nosed, chances are he will never pay through the nose, or pay too much money,for an object or service.
If someone is hard-nosed, chances are he will never pay through the nose, or pay too much money, for an object or service.
Sometimes, they even pay through the nose.

And he would have data that advertisers would pay through the nose for.
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