Meaning of good and cheap do not fit in a shoe (what does it mean, concept and definition)

What it means Good and cheap do not fit in a shoe:

"Good and cheap do not fit in a shoe" is a popular saying that the qualities of good and cheap are mutually exclusive, so something can be good or cheap, but never both.

It is a phrase mostly used by sellers and merchants to persuade potential buyers about how difficult it is to find both attributes in a product.

In this sense, it is also a veiled warning about the advisability of buying the most expensive item, since, in any case, it will always be of better quality than the cheapest.

Similarly, it anticipates any claim related to the quality of a product that, in principle, was cheaper than another of good quality.

Hence, in addition, other proverbs come close to it, such as "cheap is expensive" and "there is no good expensive, nor cheap bad", which allude precisely to the fact that something that was initially economic, later could incur costs for repairs or improvements, or, finally, the purchase of another product due to the poor quality of the first.

A variant of this saying is "good and cheap do not fit in a bag."

See also:

• A gift horse, you don't look at his tooth.