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Definition of cheap at half the price in English English dictionary
- Refers to something being satisfactorily cheap
After he'd convinced you you'd only got one leg – the left – he'd sell you a gross of right-footed shoes. Cheap at half the price! A real bargain. Afterwards, you'd feel you'd been done a favour to, and obligingly walk off with a limp.
- Humorous reference that something is quite expensive
After breakfast, Shirley and Gordon walked down the street to a shopping mall to look at fancy clothes and high priced jewelry. Cheap at half the price, Gordon observed. Shirley smiled.
cheap at half the price
Turkish pronunciation
çip ät häf dhi praysPronunciation
/ˈʧēp ˈat ˈhaf ᴛʜē ˈprīs/ /ˈʧiːp ˈæt ˈhæf ðiː ˈpraɪs/
Etymology
() Deliberate transformation of a street trader's cry, 'cheap at twice the price' (informing customers that what he was selling was twice as cheap), into 'cheap at half the price' which would imply that the price was excessive.Resimler
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