| 单词 | on the cheap |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the cheap 1. In the colloquial phrase on the cheap: on the cheap scale, cheaply. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [adverb] > cheaply eathly?c1225 good cheap1420 a good pennyworth1466 cheaply1552 cheap1569 affordably1775 on the cheap1859 keenly1928 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 19 ‘Doing it on the cheap’, living economically, or keeping up a showy appearance with very little means. 1888 Daily News 10 Dec. 5/2 The processes cannot be both rapid and good. As a consequence the prices cannot be low; you cannot do it ‘on the cheap.’ 1939 ‘G. Orwell’ Coming up for Air ii. x. 170 Anything from theosophy to cat's-cradle, provided you can do it on the cheap. < as lemmas |
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