"if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "A reference to peanuts (“especially of a salary: a very small or insufficient amount”) (originally US slang dating to the mid 20th century) and monkey (“a person of minimal intelligence, idiot”), with a humorous allusion to the fact that monkeys are fond of nuts.",
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        "head": "if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys"
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      "expansion": "if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys",
      "name": "en-proverb"
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  "hyphenation": [
    "if"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "proverb",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Offering a low payment or salary will not attract skilled workers or employees."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Offering",
          "offer#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "payment",
          "payment"
        ],
        [
          "salary",
          "salary#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "attract",
          "attract"
        ],
        [
          "skilled",
          "skilled#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "worker",
          "worker"
        ],
        [
          "employee",
          "employee"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, informal) Offering a low payment or salary will not attract skilled workers or employees."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "buy cheap, buy twice"
        },
        {
          "word": "false economy"
        },
        {
          "word": "you buy cheap, you get cheap"
        },
        {
          "word": "you get what you pay for"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "good work ain't cheap, cheap work ain't good"
        },
        {
          "word": "if you pay bananas, you get monkeys"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "informal"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "offering a low payment or salary will not attract skilled workers or employees",
          "word": "viiden markan suutari tekee kuuden markan vahingon"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "note": "αν βάζεις τον κώλο σου να σου κάνει δουλειά, σκατά δουλειά θα κάνει (an vázeis ton kólo sou na sou kánei douleiá, skatá douleiá tha kánei, literally “if you put your ass to work for you, it will do shitty work”)",
          "sense": "offering a low payment or salary will not attract skilled workers or employees",
          "tags": [
            "humorous",
            "informal",
            "vulgar"
          ]
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ton kólo vázeis mágeira, skatá tha mageirépsei",
          "sense": "offering a low payment or salary will not attract skilled workers or employees",
          "tags": [
            "humorous",
            "informal",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "τον κώλο βάζεις μάγειρα, σκατά θα μαγειρέψει"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ɪf ˌjuː peɪ ˈpiːnʌts ˌjuː ɡɛt ˈmʌŋkiːz/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪf ˌju peɪ ˈpiˌnʌts ˌjuː ɡɛt ˈmʌŋkiz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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  "word": "if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "A reference to peanuts (“especially of a salary: a very small or insufficient amount”) (originally US slang dating to the mid 20th century) and monkey (“a person of minimal intelligence, idiot”), with a humorous allusion to the fact that monkeys are fond of nuts.",
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    }
  ],
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    "if"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "buy cheap, buy twice"
    },
    {
      "word": "false economy"
    },
    {
      "word": "you buy cheap, you get cheap"
    },
    {
      "word": "you get what you pay for"
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "Offering a low payment or salary will not attract skilled workers or employees."
      ],
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          "Offering",
          "offer#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "payment",
          "payment"
        ],
        [
          "salary",
          "salary#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "attract",
          "attract"
        ],
        [
          "skilled",
          "skilled#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "worker",
          "worker"
        ],
        [
          "employee",
          "employee"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, informal) Offering a low payment or salary will not attract skilled workers or employees."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "good work ain't cheap, cheap work ain't good"
        },
        {
          "word": "if you pay bananas, you get monkeys"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪf ˌjuː peɪ ˈpiːnʌts ˌjuː ɡɛt ˈmʌŋkiːz/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪf ˌju peɪ ˈpiˌnʌts ˌjuː ɡɛt ˈmʌŋkiz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "offering a low payment or salary will not attract skilled workers or employees",
      "word": "viiden markan suutari tekee kuuden markan vahingon"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "note": "αν βάζεις τον κώλο σου να σου κάνει δουλειά, σκατά δουλειά θα κάνει (an vázeis ton kólo sou na sou kánei douleiá, skatá douleiá tha kánei, literally “if you put your ass to work for you, it will do shitty work”)",
      "sense": "offering a low payment or salary will not attract skilled workers or employees",
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "informal",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ton kólo vázeis mágeira, skatá tha mageirépsei",
      "sense": "offering a low payment or salary will not attract skilled workers or employees",
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "informal",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "τον κώλο βάζεις μάγειρα, σκατά θα μαγειρέψει"
    }
  ],
  "word": "if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys"
}