cheapest is the dearest

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• buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest — 1595 T. LODGE Fig for Momus H2 Buy cheape, sell deare. 1862 RUSKIN Unto this Last II. 60 Buy in the cheapest market? yes; but what made your market cheap?.. Sell in the dearest?.. But what made your market dear? 1880 J. A. FROUDE Bunyan vii. ‘To… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Dearest — Dear Dear (d[=e]r), a. [Compar. {Dearer} (d[=e]r [ e]r); superl. {Dearest} (d[=e]r [e^]st).] [OE. dere, deore, AS. de[ o]re; akin to OS. diuri, D. duur, OHG. tiuri, G. theuer, teuer, Icel. d[=y]rr, Dan. & Sw. dyr. Cf. {Darling}, {Dearth}.] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cheapest is dearest — things that are obtained very easily often end up exacting the heaviest prices …   English contemporary dictionary

• Barter — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Barter >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 barter barter exchange scorse| truck system Sgm: N 1 interchange interchange &c. 148 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 a Roland for an Oliver a Roland for an Oliver Sgm: N 2 quid pro …   English dictionary for students

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• Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …   Proverbs new dictionary

• barter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Moneyless exchange of goods Nouns 1. barter, exchange, truck, interchange; marketing, trade, commerce, buying and selling, traffic, business, custom, shopping; commercial enterprise, speculation, [stock… …   English dictionary for students

• sell — see sell in May and go away don’t sell the skin till you have caught the bear buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest …   Proverbs new dictionary

• market — see buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest a moneyless man goes fast through the market …   Proverbs new dictionary

• buy — see buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest you buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones why buy a cow when milk is so cheap? money can’t buy happiness one white foot, buy him; two white feet, try him; th …   Proverbs new dictionary