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you buy cheap, you get cheap

you buy cheap, you get cheap proverb: inexpensive goods and services tend to be inferior to more expensive ones.

Proverb

you buy cheap, you get cheap

  1. Inexpensive goods and services tend to be inferior to more expensive ones.
    • 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.1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger

Synonyms of you buy cheap, you get cheap

Questions about you buy cheap, you get cheap

What does you buy cheap, you get cheap mean?
You buy cheap, you get cheap means inexpensive goods and services tend to be inferior to more expensive ones.
What part of speech is you buy cheap, you get cheap?
You buy cheap, you get cheap is a proverb.

Words near you buy cheap, you get cheap in the dictionary

  1. you bet
  2. you betcha
  3. you better believe it
  4. you break it, you bought it
  5. you break it, you buy it
  6. you buy cheap, you get cheap
  7. you call this
  8. you can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride
  9. you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar
  10. you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
  11. you can lead a horse to water

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