1.If someone is hard-nosed, chances are he will never pay through the nose, or pay too much money, for an object or service.
pay through the nose 被勒索;被敲竹杠
You'll have to pay through the nose for those curios.
你買那些古玩得花大錢 。
You'll have to pay through the nose to get that.
你將需要付出很大的代價才能得到 。
2.One unusual expression is that is no skin off my nose.
no skin off my nose 毫無損失,無所謂
It's no skin off my nose if you won't talk to me.
你不原理我也無妨 。
Hey, it's no skin off my nose if you buy this computer!
嘿,你買這臺電腦跟我一點關系都沒有!