cheap and cheerful

English

Adjective

cheap and cheerful (comparative more cheap and cheerful, superlative most cheap and cheerful)

1. (UK) Not of bad quality, or otherwise enjoyable, despite being cheap.

   There's a cheap and cheerful coffee shop on the next street which sells quite a good selection of sandwiches.

See also

• cheap and nasty
• rough and ready

Further reading

• “cheap and cheerful”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “cheap and cheerful” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.