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A thank you doesn't pay the fiddler 

A thank you doesn't pay the consequences of one's actions
Miguel I dropped 20 dollars man and I haven't ate in two days I'm starving! Here's a damn burger a thank you doesn't pay the fiddler!

You can pay the barber, but you can't buy him breakfast. 

17th century idiom.

A formal deductive logical device used in a debate that simultaneously agrees and disagrees with any proceeding statement or argument.

See also "It's a dog-eat-dog world, Winston Churchill said that."
A: Al you old son of a bitch, how you doing? how you feel about the Dolphins? That call last night was aweful.

B: As far as I see it, you can pay the barber, but you can't buy him breakfast.

Can't afford to pay the fines, don't do the crime

People pay fine after making a mistake.

Very simple concept to understand folks.
If you can't afford to pay the fines, don't do the crime!!!

garlic bread don’t pay the bills 

A quote by the famous rapper Post Malone
garlic bread don’t pay the bills
- Post Malone

Don't pay the wrong person 

I'm serious guys. My manager just said I'm getting fired so I swear to fucking God if you try to work me to death and leave me for dead it is going to be little-girl-stab o'clock.
Hym "Don't pay the wrong person."

You don't pay for my weave 

1. Statement of independance; can take care of own salon needs, etc.

2. Can be associated with "You don't know me" - assuming false pretense to understanding the situation and/or person; can be followed by a booteh bump and a finger snap
Jamal pulls out his food stamps to pay for Shaqueque's baby food.

Shaqueque: "You don't pay for my weave! You don't know me!"
You don't pay for my weave by MattyG February 23, 2005