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you get what you pay for

Cheap ass people who refuse to pay for quality and/or experience always end up buying super cheap goods or services below the 'it's too good to be true' mark. Then when said goods break, fall apart, stop working, or they are not happy with the service they were promised, they are genuinely surprised and will bitch to anyone within hearing distance of them that they got 'ripped off'.

Literal meaning: if you buy a cheap product or service, 9 times out of 10 you will be disappointed as it will not live up to your (unrealistic) expectations. Get a clue and start buying quality stuff!
Sucker: "Dude, i got this Rolex Submariner for only $150 bucks off some black dude in the French Quarter. I can't believe my luck! Look at this bad boy, I'm gonna get all the pussy with this watch!"

Sucker's friend: "Dude, your wrist is turning green... and look at the face of the watch, it's crooked."

Sucker: "What the---, I think I got beat out of $150. This piece of shit prolly aint worth $5!"

Sucker's friend: "Well, you know what they say... you get what you pay for. Sucker!! hahahahahaha!!"
by cagedape February 3, 2010
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you say we pay

A game played on Channel 4's weekday afternoon show 'Richard and Judy.' Pictures are shown on a screen and the person that has phoned into the show has to describe the picture behind Richard and Judy, and then it is guessed by Richard and Judy. One thousand pounds is given out for each correct answer in the 60 second time limit. Usually, the caller is totally useless at the game and is a complete prick.
This is a typical You Say We Pay game.
Caller trying to describe a carrot: Errrmmm, you grow them and you eat them...
Richard:...Children?
Judy:...Oh well done you've won seven thousand pounds!
Richard: What will you do with the money?
Caller: I think I shall be wasting it on more useless items, instead of paying off my debts.
by Spally September 1, 2006
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pick pay n drop

A date where the guy picks up the girl, pays for both people, and drops off the girl. Basically a date where the guy does all the work.
Man, that pick pay n drop really burned a hole in my pocket.
by xldr December 3, 2010
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Apple Pay

Apple Pay is used by the "tech savvy". People who have Apple Pay are likely to have the most up-to-date iPhone model, an Apple Watch, and Airpods.
Nobody:
People with Apple Pay: I am going to use Apple Pay.
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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.
by elip October 29, 2014
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"I'd like you to lend me some money"

Etymology is from the cartoon "Popeye", where the character Wimpy would frequently utter this phrase. He was a glutton, and would consume burgers at a ferocious rate but could rarely pay for his habit.

The phrase implies the underlying feeling that the person will unlikely actually pay for the hamburger (or whatever) on Tuesday (or ever, for that matter.
I told my bank that I'd gladly 'pay them tuesday for a hamburger today' to buy that new sportscar, but they wouldn't approve me.
by Don Engel May 17, 2004
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to pay your bills on time

to do things right/correctly/the way they are supposed to be done/ when they they are supposed to be done the first time around, so as to avoid either having to redo the same job twice or suffering other unpleasant consequences (such as literally not paying your actual bills on time and having to pay late fees).
son (crying, with a piece of ungraded homework in his hands) Dad, why the hell is this composition of mine on The Great War not even graded? And why did the teacher just shove it back in my face with out even bothering to look at it.

Father: listen, Carl. If I'd be your teacher, i would have reacted the exact same way. Just look at your penmanship. Ca laisse a desirer. I can't even , lol, call it handwriting, it would probably, immb qualify as turkey-chicken scrawl. Now the moral of the fable is of course to pay your bills on time. Now, take this travail bacle afaap out of my line of site and rewrite your homework.
by Sexydimma October 26, 2012
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