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| don't be penny wise and pound foolish (bigmaxus) | |||
| penny-wise, but pound-foolish (AlexanderKayumov); buy the best and you cry once (AlexanderKayumov); if you buy cheaply, you pay dearly; cheapest is the dearest (AlexanderKayumov); buy nice or buy twice (slitely_mad); buy cheap, buy twice (slitely_mad); if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys (Задорожний); the long way is the short way (контекст: попытка сэкономить время и/или деньги может привести к гораздо более значительным потерям времени и денег. Alexander Oshis); spending a dollar to save a dime (контекст: попытка сэкономить время и/или деньги может привести к гораздо более значительным потерям времени и денег Alexander Oshis); do it right or do it over (контекст: попытка сэкономить время и/или деньги может привести к гораздо более значительным потерям времени и денег Alexander Oshis) | |||
| cheapest is the dearest; a cheapskate pays twice (october); it'll cost more in the end (VLZ_58); penny wise and pound foolish (unwise because doing something small now would prevent much more trouble later • Education budget cuts are penny wise and pound foolish – public education is an investment in our future Taras); a lazy man works twice as hard (Баян); a lazy man does twice the work (Баян); a miser pays twice (october) | |||
| you get what you pay for (If you do not pay much money for something, it is probably of poor quality. If you pay well for something, it is more likely to be of good quality. • Alan: I was so pleased to find shoes for such a low price, but look, they're falling apart already. Jane: You get what you pay for. • This brand of soup is more expensive, but remember, you get what you pay for. Bullfinch); we are not rich enough to buy cheap things (igisheva) | |||
