"buy cheap, buy twice" meaning in English

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          "word": "good work ain't cheap, cheap work ain't good"
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          "word": "you buy cheap, you get cheap"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "buying a cheap product is a false economy",
          "word": "goedkoop is duurkoop"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "buying a cheap product is a false economy",
          "word": "köyhällä ei ole varaa halpaan"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "buying a cheap product is a false economy",
          "word": "wer billig kauft, kauft zweimal"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "buying a cheap product is a false economy",
          "word": "chytry dwa razy traci"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "buying a cheap product is a false economy",
          "word": "o barato sai caro"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skupój plátit dváždy",
          "sense": "buying a cheap product is a false economy",
          "word": "скупо́й пла́тит два́жды"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "buying a cheap product is a false economy",
          "word": "lo barato sale caro"
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  "word": "buy cheap, buy twice"
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      "sense": "buying a cheap product is a false economy",
      "word": "goedkoop is duurkoop"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "buying a cheap product is a false economy",
      "word": "köyhällä ei ole varaa halpaan"
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      "sense": "buying a cheap product is a false economy",
      "word": "wer billig kauft, kauft zweimal"
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      "sense": "buying a cheap product is a false economy",
      "word": "chytry dwa razy traci"
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      "sense": "buying a cheap product is a false economy",
      "word": "o barato sai caro"
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      "roman": "skupój plátit dváždy",
      "sense": "buying a cheap product is a false economy",
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      "sense": "buying a cheap product is a false economy",
      "word": "lo barato sale caro"
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  "word": "buy cheap, buy twice"
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