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Meaning of you buy cheap, you get cheap | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Inexpensive goods and services tend to be inferior to more expensive ones.

Examples

“No more of that stuff, please and thank you. American Grain, my rosy red ass. Someone should have told those babies you put the fertilizer on the hops before you grow em, not after. A headache on three lousy beers! Gosh! Well—you buy cheap, you get cheap.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

you call this you can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar you can lead a horse to water you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make her drink you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink