TODAY'S IDIOM: PAY THROUGH THE NOSE

"PAY THROUGH THE NOSE"

If you pay through the nose for something, you pay more than the usual price for it.

Example: I know I pay through the nose for my dental work, but the dentist I see is supposed to be the best, so I don't mind paying more than usual.

Pagué un ojo de la cara.

Example sentences:

• We had to pay through the nose for our room because it was a long weekend and most of the hotels were fully booked / Tuvimos que pagar un ojo de la cara para nuestra habitación porque era un fin de semana largo y la mayoría de los hotelesestaban llenos.

• They got to see the final game, but they paid through the nose for their tickets because they were so hard to get / Llegaron a ver el juego final, pero pagaron un ojo de la cara por sus boletos porque eran muy difíciles de conseguir.

Additional examples:

• He paid through the nose for that car, and it's nothing but a piece of junk.

• If you bring a car into the city, you have to pay through the nose for parking it.

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