pay good money for

Meaning

1. pay good money for sth

   used to emphasize that sth cost (s) a lot of money, especially if the money is wasted

   I paid good money for this jacket, and now look at it — it's ruined!

In the movies · 4

• I did not pay good money for you for your company.Gladiator2000
• They paid good money for tickets, hard-earned money, so some moron in Hollywood can buy a bigger swimming pool.Whatever Works2009
• I paid good money for them pants.Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story2009
• Folks would pay good money to hear a white woman sing.3:10 to Yuma2007
• Uh, we hear that you pay good money...O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000
• A vampire good guy. I'd pay good money to see that.Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse2023
• She can clean, but nobody's gonna pay good money for a cut-up whore!Unforgiven1992
• Folks will pay good money just to make themselves feel better.Nightmare Alley2021

Learn it in full scenes

• Whatever Works2009
  • Boris Breaks the Fourth Wall
  • Boris Panics and Jumps Out the Window
  • Boris Takes Melodie In

From the same entry

• the devil to pay
• he who pays the piper calls the tune
• pay court to
• pay dividends
• pay for itself
• pay its way
• pay the penalty
• pay your respects
• pay through the nose
• pay your way
• you pays your money and you takes your choice
• cost an arm and a leg

More idioms

• take the edge off
• for your information
• you're on
• out of hand
• straight away
• ahead of your time
• be staring in the face
• be written all over face
• come along for the ride
• do your own thing
• drink like a fish
• err on the side of