cheap and nasty

cheap and nasty

Inexpensive and poorly constructed. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Don't buy anything from that shop unless you're OK with it breaking—everything they sell is cheap and nasty.
See also: and, cheap, nasty
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cheap and nasty

of low cost and bad quality. British
See also: and, cheap, nasty
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

cheap and ˈnasty

(informal) something that is cheap and nasty does not cost a lot and is of poor quality and not very attractive or pleasant: The furniture was cheap and nasty.
See also: and, cheap, nasty
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • buy cheap, buy twice
  • cheap and cheerful
  • cheap at twice the price
  • do porridge
  • porridge
  • cheap as chips
  • (as) cheap as chips
  • scandal sheet
  • bargain-bin
  • bin
References in classic literature
It sounds cheap and nasty. I think it's much nicer to quarrel."
Hilbery protested that it was all too clever and cheap and nasty for words.
The craze for "cheap and nasty" telephony is passing; and the idea that the telephone is above all else a SPEED instrument, is gaining ground.
CAMPAIGNERS are calling for a ban on "cheap and nasty" bodyboards in a bid to protect our beaches.
Throwing personal insults at your rivals is cheap and nasty.
Cheap and nasty are two words that describe some of the knickers made by Underworld.
The Tories' plan to extend the Right to Buy scheme has been branded "cheap and nasty" and a "catastrophic mistake".
Primark, along with cheap and nasty stores like it, are ideal for soulless out-of-town shopping parks and it is a sad indictment of Birmingham no quality retail business felt attracted to what must be one of the busiest shopping spots in the country.
THE boss of electrical giant Dixons has branded Tesco's computer tablet "cheap and nasty".
But this cannot be in addition to an expanding cheap and nasty tourism because the two are incompatible in a small country.
My basic premise was that the general public thought they were cheap and nasty, and we could change this perception by suggesting they "borrowed" their thinking and technology from the wealthy and well- respected competitors and say this is what allowed them to build a great car at a fraction of the price of brands like Volkswagen, Ford or Toyota.#Fail.
It's cheap and nasty, scruffy, a dirty back lane to Newcastle really.
What is proposed by SBC is cheap and nasty. The workers here and throughout the country, were promised this package -that might be the reason that they took the job in the first place.
Contractors come and dig them up to do their work but always make good with cheap and nasty tarmac ruining the beautiful traditional work the council has spent millions on.
The segregation of cyclists and pedestrians on some footpaths in Solihull by painting white lines down the centre is a cheap and nasty way of providing cycle tracks but is in accordance with Highway Code Rule 62.