[net.nlang] Pay through the nose

jeff@rtech.ARPA (Jeff Lichtman) (03/25/85)

> By the way, has anyone a good etymology for "pay through the
> nose" ??
>                                 _
> Peter Benson                    | ITT Defense Communications Division

I read somewhere once that the idea behind this expression is that
it would be very painful to have to pass money (or other forms of
payment) through one's nose.
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
aka Swazoo Koolak