See pay through the nose on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"word": "blauw betalen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"word": "maksaa maltaita"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"word": "acheter à prix d’or"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"word": "débourser une fortune"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"word": "payer bonbon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"word": "payer le prix fort"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"word": "payer une fortune"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"word": "tief in die Tasche greifen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"word": "borsos árat fizet"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"word": "blæða"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"word": "greiða okurverð"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"word": "punga út"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"word": "maksāt baltu naudu"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"word": "maksāt traku naudu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przepłacać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przepłacić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to pay an exorbitant or excessive amount",
"word": "pagar os olhos da cara"
}
],
"word": "pay through the nose"
}
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