英語習語：pay through the nose花錢更多，付費更高

Idiom of the Day

pay through the nose

花錢更多，付費更高

INFORMAL

Today： Sun， 25 Oct 2020

Meaning:

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

如果您使用pay through the nose for something， 表示您比平時要花更多的錢購買它。

For 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。

我知道我支付更高額的牙齒治療費用，但是我認為牙醫應該是最好的，所以我不介意支付比平時更多的費用。

We had to pay through the nose for our room because it was a long weekend and most of the hotels were fully booked。

我們不得不為我回口認們的房間付更高的錢組頂，因為在這漫長的週末，而且大多數酒店都被預訂滿了。洩高精

Quick Quiz

They got to see the final game， but they paid through the nose for their tickets because

a。 they weren’t selling well

b。 they were so hard to get

c。 they didn‘t have much money