cheap at half the price

cheap at half the price

1. Remarkably or exceedingly inexpensive. The phrase's origin in this usage has been debated; it is possibly a corruption of "cheap at twice the price," meaning the same. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. I got a brand new three-piece suit for £50—cheap at half the price!
2. Quite expensive; poor value for the money. In this usage, it is likely a humorous play on the phrase "cheap at twice the price," meaning remarkably inexpensive. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. A: "Wow, I'd love to own that car." B: "Sure, so would I. Cheap at half the price, though!"
See also: cheap, half, price
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • cheap at twice the price
  • (as) cheap as chips
  • cheap as chips
  • be as happy as Larry
  • (as) happy as Larry
  • happy as Larry
  • hand that rocks the cradle, the
  • worker
  • a fast worker
  • hand (one) (one's) head
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Certainly, the PS500k fee seemed to scare off the SFA even though this would have been fairly cheap at half the price because he is entering the final year of his Pittodrie contract.
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For anyone like myself who has ever been stuck on it, cheap at half the price and money well spent, I say.
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Obviously, the unenlightened and unnamed author of this rant masquerading as journalism has never read The Birmingham Post or he or she would be aware the Government's grant, rumoured to be pounds 160 million, is cheap at half the price.
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"It sounds like a horrific amount of cash but if it prevented Scotland being portrayed so negatively throughout the world it would be cheap at half the price.
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I have worked out our bill for two as about PS1,400 a year, which is cheap at half the price for the delicious mouth watering variety of madras, vindaloo, bhuna, karahi, dupiaza and the rest.
We all enjoy a curry