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Pay through the nose: to pay too much for something.

I usually have to pay through the nose for parking a car if I bring it into the

city.

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He paid through the nose to get the car fixed.

Poke around: look around a place, typically in search of something (you can

poke around on the internet, you can poke around on the streets, etc. To look

for/search for something).

Just poke around the internet, you’ll find a lot of dating websites.

He poked around in his desk to see if the wallet was there.

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LETTER R

Run of the mill: average, ordinary; commonplace; mediocre.

As far as I am concerned, she gave a fairly run-of-the-mill speech.

That restaurant has nothing special. The service and the food are just run of

the mill.