In the midst of this season of overindulgence, I thought I would post about one of my favorite people from history, Catherine de Medici (1519 – 1589), Italian-born wife of Henry II, king of France, and one of her favorite… Read More
“Paying through the nose” means you’ve paid too much. The origin of the expression may have come from 9th-century Danes living in Ireland, who slit the nostrils of people that did not pay their taxes.