over the odds

Yet although Tata may have paid over the odds, it got a big confidence boost out of it, as did India as a whole.

But Lula triumphed over the odds to become "the poor boy who came from a shack to be president of Brazil" .

According to Laura Larbelestier, designerwear buyer at Selfridges, customers are prepared to pay over the odds for unique pieces.

You don't want mercenaries - to pay over the odds for players not willing to give their all for the club.

But America's willingness to pay over the odds for new treatments could be coming to an end.

if it is too high, consumers will pay over the odds for electricity.

The Chinese government, they say, is willing to pay over the odds for mining or drilling rights to secure access to physical resources.

Dumb-money companies start paying over the odds for New Thing acquisitions.

That makes it likelier that people will pay over the odds.

Will I still pay over the odds by paying off cheap debts first?

We offered over the odds for the house to make sure we got it.

UBS denies it pays over the odds for brokers.

That means they often pay over the odds.