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idiom. Penny-wise, but pound-foolish. (AlexanderKayumov); Buy the best and you once cry once. (AlexanderKayumov); if you buy cheaply, you pay dearly; Cheapest is the dearest. (AlexanderKayumov)
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gen. you get what you pay for (Prov. Cliché 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)
dipl. don't be penny wise and pound foolish (bigmaxus)
idiom. buy nice or buy twice (slitely_mad); buy cheap, buy twice (slitely_mad); if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys (Задорожний)
proverb A cheapskate pays twice.A miser 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)