cheap at half the price
Quite expensiveQuite expensive.
» Tom drove across town to a supermarket that sold things at cheaper prices than the supermarket near his house.
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2 senses(humorous)Quite expensive.
Satisfactorily cheap.
Examples
6 sentencesTom drove across town to a supermarket that sold things at cheaper prices than the supermarket near his house.
He found a restaurant that had good food and cheap prices.
I got the bilingual dictionary for an unbelievably cheap price.
deIch habe das zweisprachige Wörterbuch zu einem unglaublich billigen Preis bekommen. — raggione
The cheap prices tempted me to buy things I didn't need.
deDie niedrigen Preise verleiteten mich, Dinge zu kaufen, die ich nicht brauchte. — samueldora
Rodrigo got quite a lot of loquats for a really cheap price.
Origin
Deliberate transformation of a street trader's cry, cheap at twice the price (informing cuDeliberate transformation of a street trader's cry, cheap at twice the price (informing customers that what he was selling would still be cheap even if it cost twice as much), into cheap at half the price which would imply that the price was excessive.
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