安物買いの銭失い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
安	物	買	銭	失
やす Grade: 3	もの Grade: 3	か > がい Grade: 2	ぜに Grade: 6	うしな Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
安物買いの錢失い (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally "disappearance of money [as a result] of buying of cheap things".

Proverb

安物買(やすものが)いの銭失(ぜにうしな)い • (yasumono-gai no zeni-ushinai) 

1. penny wise and pound foolish; you get what you pay for

Synonyms

• 安(やす)物(もの)は高(たか)物(もの) (yasumono wa takamono)