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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!!!

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