cheap like borscht

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English

Etymology

A calque from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Yiddish ביליק ווי באָרשט‎ (bilik vi borsht‎), as the beets used to make it were among the cheapest vegetables.

Adjective

cheap like borscht (not comparable)

  1. (Canada, informal, simile) Very inexpensive.

References

  • “cheap like borscht” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
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