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  What it means

  As the pay, so the work. You get the quality of work you pay for — low wages produce low effort.

  English equivalent

  You get what you pay for.

  Vocabulary

  • płaca — pay, wage
  • praca — work

  Grammar note

  'Jaka… taka…' correlative. Both nouns are feminine. The proverb is the mirror of 'jaka praca, taka płaca'.

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