I know i just asked this question, but just looking for an answer...thanks
2007-01-22 21:47:36 · 3 answers · asked by ladykitcha 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Pay Through the Nose. Be charged an exorbitant price. Why nose? One superstition is that this kind of paying is as irksome as a nosebleed. Another tale has it that the Danes levied a tax on the Irish in the 9th century, and that anyone who failed to pay it was punished by having his nose slit. In any event, we find Andrew Marvell wrting in 1672 (in _The Rehearsal Tranposed_(: "Made them pay it most unconsciously and through the Nose."
2007-01-22 21:51:49 · answer #1 · answered by Turtle 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's easy to get things out of the mouth than nose. Hence 'paying through the nose".
2007-01-22 21:58:25 · answer #2 · answered by jaggie_c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure it from when you owed the mafia and if you didn't pay you keep getting your face beat until you payed up
2007-01-22 21:50:49 · answer #3 · answered by davo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋