- Cake’s not worth the candle
- If someone says that the cake’s not worth the candle, they mean that the result will not be worth the effort put in to achieve it.
Idiom for the day: Cake’s not worth the candle
August 22, 2008 · 2 Comments
Categories: idiom
Tagged: cake's not worth the candle, english idiom, idiom for the day, idiom of the day
2 responses so far ↓
protorio // September 3, 2008 at 7:57 pm |
In my country, we say the horse is not worth saddle. This I think is same meaning.
nuckfut // September 27, 2009 at 9:22 am |
where are you from, if I may know?