- penny plain and twopence coloured
- пренебр.≈ дешёвый и показной [выражение создано Р. Л. Стивенсоном в книге ‘Memories and Portraits’]
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.
penny plain and twopence coloured
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