Good words are worth much, and cost little.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

Good words are worth a lot, but cost almost nothing.

Thank you for your very generous compliments.

give [pay] tit for tat

Even if malicious gossip is being circulated around someone, it doesn't necessarily mean that the value of that person will be diminished.

pick one's words carefully

I am having trouble keeping my English vocabulary in active use.

It's not beautiful things that are expensive, but expensive things that are beautiful.

A little language goes a long way.

Try to use a more varied vocabulary.

With this I would end my parting address for the deceased.

It's a terrible [real] mouthful.

Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.

The price is expensive but it has value.

speak [talk] like a book

Translated literary works lose more or less in value.

Expensive skin creams don't work better than inexpensive ones.

Emotion counts above vocabulary in verbal communication.

It is very kind [nice] of you to say so.

“A fat lot of good [use] that is!" is an ironic expression.

Watch your tongue.

Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.

a word of many applications

with all due deference to you

The value of a good education cannot be measured in terms of money.

in plain speech [words]

The value of education cannot be overemphasized.

Time is money, as the old saying goes.

It pays in the long run to buy goods of high quality.

Few treasures are worth as much as a friend who is wise and helpful.