go to the expense

go to the expense (of doing something)

to pay the (large) cost of doing something. I hate to have to go to the expense of painting the house. It needs to be done, so you'll have to go to the expense.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ruthi	-	Old Church Slavic
Kunibert	KOO-nee-bert (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Celsus	-	Ancient Roman
Delia (1)	DEEL-ee-ə (English), DEEL-yə (English), DEL-yah (Italian, Spanish)	English, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Greek Mythology
Maud	[mɔd]
Hiraku	hee-ṙah-koo	Japanese