thing you don't want is dear at any price

Prov. You should not buy something just because it is cheap. Jill: There's a sale on black-and-white film; we should get some. Jane: We never use black-and-white film. Jill: But it's so cheap. Jane: A thing you don't want is dear at any price.

See also: any, dear, price, thing, want

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

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Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the devil
mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small
You don't get for nothing
trouble shared is a trouble halved
goth up
be in (something) for the long haul
be in something for the long haul
in (something) for the long haul
many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip, there's
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

词组	thing you don't want is dear at any price
释义	thing you don't want is dear at any price thing you don't want is dear at any price Prov. You should not buy something just because it is cheap. Jill: There's a sale on black-and-white film; we should get some. Jane: We never use black-and-white film. Jill: But it's so cheap. Jane: A thing you don't want is dear at any price. See also: any, dear, price, thing, want McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the devil mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small You don't get for nothing trouble shared is a trouble halved goth up be in (something) for the long haul be in something for the long haul in (something) for the long haul many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip, there's Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
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