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.
你买那些古玩得花大钱 。
You'll have to pay through the nose to get that.
你将需要付出很大的代价才能得到 。
2.One unusual expression is that is no skin off my nose.
no skin off my nose 毫无损失,无所谓
It's no skin off my nose if you won't talk to me.
你不原理我也无妨 。
Hey, it's no skin off my nose if you buy this computer!
嘿,你买这台电脑跟我一点关系都没有!