get (one's) money's worth
get (one's) money's worth
To get a proportionate or sufficient level of satisfaction on one's investment of money, time, effort, etc., in an item, event, or activity. Admission to the museum was so expensive that I felt like I had to stay all day just to get my money's worth. We certainly didn't get our money's worth out of that toy—it broke in a day! Suzie is really trying to get her money's worth out there on the playground—she's playing hard!
See also: get, worth
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
get one's money's worth
Receive good value, as in They performed four extra songs, so we really got our money's worth, or We got our money's worth at the beach-there wasn't a cloud in the sky. This expression often but not always refers to a monetary expenditure.
See also: get, worth
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
get/have your ˈmoney’s worth
get good value for the money you have spent: What an exciting final it was! The crowd certainly had its money’s worth. The movie was only an hour long, so we felt that that we didn’t really get our money’s worth.See also: get, have, worth
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- get one's money's worth
- get/have your money's worth
- have (one's) money's worth
- underpromise and overdeliver
- jollies
- (one's) jollies
- (one's) true color(s)
- (one's) (true) stripes
- (one's) true colours
- a man cannot serve two masters