安物買いの銭失い；
安物買いのゼニ失い
[sK]
【
やすものがいのぜにうしない 】
-
[exp]
[proverb]
- you get what you pay for
- [lit] wasting money on a cheap item
Cross references:- ⇐ see: 2722750 銭失い【ぜにうしない】 1. waste of money
History:
-
A 2024-12-29 05:18:20 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> (id#2328971)
-
A* 2024-12-29 04:49:47 (id#2328966) - Refs
安物買いの銭失い 50011 98.8% 安物買いのゼニ失い 604 1.2%
- Diff
@@ -5,0 +6,4 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>安物買いのゼニ失い</keb> +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
-
A 2020-05-28 08:27:11 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> - Comments
I like the shorter "lit" version.
- Diff
@@ -14 +14 @@ -<gloss g_type="lit">when you buy something cheap (of low quality), you still end up losing the money spent</gloss> +<gloss g_type="lit">wasting money on a cheap item</gloss>
-
A* 2020-05-26 04:07:16 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...> - Comments
i agree with removing "penny wise and pound foolish", but isn't the literal translation "wasting money on a cheap item"?
-
A* 2020-05-25 06:33:11 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> - Comments
could be treated as an id instead, it's a fine line.
- Diff
@@ -14 +14 @@ -<gloss>penny wise and pound foolish</gloss> +<gloss g_type="lit">when you buy something cheap (of low quality), you still end up losing the money spent</gloss>
- (show/hide 6 older history records)
Notes
- Click on the entry seq# to see all versions of the entry.
- ⇒,⇔,⇐ Denote cross references (xrefs). ⇒ shows an xref from this entry sense to some other entry. ⇐ shows an xref on some other entry that points to this one; to change, edit the other entry. ⇔ indicates two xrefs, one in each direction.
- Cross references marked with an asterisk (*) after the seq# denote a reference to an unapproved entry. These will disappear when the unapproved entry is approved.