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
Steve	[sti:v]
Madeleine	ma-də-LEN (French), mad-LEN (French), MAD-ə-lin (English), MAD-ə-lien (English)	French, English, Swedish
Cummings	['kʌmiŋz]
Hirsh	-	Yiddish
Cornelius	[kɔ:'ni:ljəs]
Jean	[dʒi:n]