ada rupa, ada harga

Indonesian

Etymology

Literally, “there's a kind and there's a value”. Calque of Javanese ꦲꦤꦫꦸꦥꦲꦤꦉꦒ (ana rupa ana rega).

Proverb

ada rupa, ada harga

  1. you get what you pay for, quality comes at a price

Further reading

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