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you get what you pay for en · X

Meanings

  1. (informal) In commercial transactions, the prices increase, as the quality of goods and services increases, i.e., the more one pays, the higher-quality the merchandise.
    • You get what you pay for. If you want a lower price, you can go to Motel 6.. 1991 October 28, Janice Castro, Richard Woodbury, “The Man Who Fired a Dog To Save a Buck”, in Time, retrieved 04 Nov 2018:

Relateds

value for money · you pays your money and you takes your choice · if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys · who pays the piper calls the tune · you buy cheap, you get cheap · money's worth

Synonyms

YGWYPF

Translations (19)

ja 安物買いの銭失い (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · de Qualität hat ihren Preis (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · es nadie da duros a pesetas (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · hu olcsó húsnak híg a leve (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · pl jakość ma swoją cenę (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · cmn 一分錢，一分貨 /一分钱 (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · yue 一分錢，一分貨 /一分钱 (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · vi tiền nào của ấy (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · cmn 一分货 (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · vi tiền nào của nấy (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · es el que quiere celeste que le cueste (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · sv man får vad man betalar för (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · yue 一分货 (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · vi tiền nào của đấy (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · id ada rupa, ada harga (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · fi sitä saat, mitä tilaat (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · fr en avoir pour son argent (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · da du får, hvad du betaler for (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) · vi tiền nào của đó (quality of goods increases as the prices increases)