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Sentence #2456899

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 CK CK March 15, 2022, edited March 15, 2022 March 15, 2022 at 11:25:29 PM UTC, edited March 15, 2022 at 11:27:13 PM UTC link Permalink

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This is a proverb that means if you pay low wages, you won't get good workers.

https://www.google.com/search?q...ys.%22+proverb

To "pay peanuts" is an idiom meaning to not pay very much.

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If you pay peanuts you get monkeys.

added by Chrikaru, May 26, 2013
➜ #4661090Ha mogyoróval fizetsz, majmot kapsz.

linked by maaster, November 1, 2015
➜ #4835616Lorsqu'on paie avec des cacahuètes, on obtient des singes.

linked by sacredceltic, January 16, 2016
➜ #4995405Кто платит орешками, на того работают обезьянки.

linked by Karok, March 20, 2016
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

edited by CK, March 15, 2022
➜ #10720921はした金では、良い人材は集まらない。

linked by YT, March 16, 2022