"bad money drives out good" meaning in English

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      "glosses": [
        "Debased coinage (with low levels of precious metals) replaces purer coinage (with higher levels of precious metals)."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "43 29 28",
          "word": "dollarization"
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          "_dis1": "43 29 28",
          "word": "Gresham's law"
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        {
          "_dis1": "43 29 28",
          "word": "throw good money after bad"
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 4 17",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "roman": "lièbì qūzhú liángbì",
          "sense": "debased coinage replaces purer coinage",
          "word": "劣幣驅逐良幣 /劣币驱逐良币"
        },
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          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "debased coinage replaces purer coinage",
          "word": "špatné peníze vytlačují dobré"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 4 17",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "akuka wa ryōka o kuchiku suru",
          "sense": "debased coinage replaces purer coinage",
          "word": "悪貨は良貨を駆逐する"
        },
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          "_dis1": "79 4 17",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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            "of Gresham's law"
          ],
          "roman": "akhwa-ga yanghwa-reul guchuk-handa",
          "sense": "debased coinage replaces purer coinage",
          "tags": [
            "calque"
          ],
          "word": "악화가 양화를 구축한다"
        },
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          "_dis1": "79 4 17",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "debased coinage replaces purer coinage",
          "word": "zły pieniądz zastępuje dobry"
        }
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        "People hoard good currency and other assets and attempt to pass inferior currency and assets to others in exchange."
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      "glosses": [
        "Overvalued mediocre talent replaces undervalued real talent."
      ],
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        "(figurative, in organizations and labor markets) Overvalued mediocre talent replaces undervalued real talent."
      ],
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        "in organizations and labor markets"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
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          "_dis1": "13 2 85",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "lièbì qūzhú liángbì",
          "sense": "mediocre talent drives away real talent",
          "word": "劣幣驅逐良幣 /劣币驱逐良币"
        },
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          "_dis1": "13 2 85",
          "code": "pl",
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          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "mediocre talent drives away real talent",
          "word": "utalentowani ludzie są niedoceniani"
        }
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    "Aristophanes",
    "George Selgin",
    "The Frogs"
  ],
  "word": "bad money drives out good"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Traditional sentiment, both in literal and metaphorical sense, dating to ancient works such as Aristophanes' The Frogs, and appearing in various forms in various Islamic and European medieval texts.",
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      "expansion": "bad money drives out good",
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  "pos": "proverb",
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      "word": "dollarization"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gresham's law"
    },
    {
      "word": "throw good money after bad"
    }
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        "Debased coinage (with low levels of precious metals) replaces purer coinage (with higher levels of precious metals)."
      ]
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        "People hoard good currency and other assets and attempt to pass inferior currency and assets to others in exchange."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Overvalued mediocre talent replaces undervalued real talent."
      ],
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        "(figurative, in organizations and labor markets) Overvalued mediocre talent replaces undervalued real talent."
      ],
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        "in organizations and labor markets"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "lièbì qūzhú liángbì",
      "sense": "debased coinage replaces purer coinage",
      "word": "劣幣驅逐良幣 /劣币驱逐良币"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "debased coinage replaces purer coinage",
      "word": "špatné peníze vytlačují dobré"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "akuka wa ryōka o kuchiku suru",
      "sense": "debased coinage replaces purer coinage",
      "word": "悪貨は良貨を駆逐する"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
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        "of Gresham's law"
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      "roman": "akhwa-ga yanghwa-reul guchuk-handa",
      "sense": "debased coinage replaces purer coinage",
      "tags": [
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "악화가 양화를 구축한다"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "debased coinage replaces purer coinage",
      "word": "zły pieniądz zastępuje dobry"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "lièbì qūzhú liángbì",
      "sense": "mediocre talent drives away real talent",
      "word": "劣幣驅逐良幣 /劣币驱逐良币"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "mediocre talent drives away real talent",
      "word": "utalentowani ludzie są niedoceniani"
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    "Aristophanes",
    "George Selgin",
    "The Frogs"
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  "word": "bad money drives out good"
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