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"Gode råd er oftest dyre"

English translation: Good advice comes at a price

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Norwegian term or phrase:\"Gode råd er oftest dyre\"
English translation:Good advice comes at a price
Entered by: jeffrey engberg

08:12 Mar 11, 2010
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Norwegian term or phrase: "Gode råd er oftest dyre"
In English if you please?
jeffrey engberg
Norway
Local time: 20:50
Good advice comes at a price
Explanation:
This is another option, which I like as it rhymes.
Selected response from:

eodd
Local time: 19:50
Grading comment
thanx.
I think a real american would say "Good advice does not come cheap".
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6Good advice comes at a price
eodd
4 +4Good advice doesn't come cheap
Tara Chace
4Good advice is often expensive
CG diPierro MD
4With advice, you get what you pay for.
Charlesp
4 -1good advice is beyond price
asptech


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Good advice doesn't come cheap


Explanation:
Just what comes to mind. Plus, can 57,000 Google hits be wrong?

Tara Chace
United States
Local time: 11:50
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  lingo_montreal
6 hrs
agree  Christian Schoenberg: Yes, or how about "Good advice will often cost you dearly"
7 hrs
agree  Helen Johnson: Definitely the idiom I've heard used
23 hrs
agree  Charlesp: ok, I'll buy that.
4 days
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
\"Gode råd er oftest dyre\"
good advice is beyond price


Explanation:
at least a literal rendering

asptech
Local time: 20:50
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  lingo_montreal: not natural English *I am not saying I doubt the existence of the expression you've suggested, but I can promise you that it is not as commonly used as the phrases "comes at a price" or "doesn't come cheap".
6 hrs
  -> found it in an "authoritative" list of English proverbs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Good advice comes at a price


Explanation:
This is another option, which I like as it rhymes.

eodd
Local time: 19:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
thanx.
I think a real american would say "Good advice does not come cheap".

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Per Bergvall: I like it too. Would have liked an 'often' snuck in after advice, at the expense of rhythm and rhyme, but heck - accuracy is boring anyway. Like I said - accuracy is boring anyway.
23 mins
  -> Thank you. I agree Good advice often comes at a price. ps. Shouldn't that be Rhythm and Rhyme?
agree  Charles Ek: Between the two of you, you've provided one good piece of cheap advice -- and a free orthography lesson to boot! ;-)
50 mins
agree  lingo_montreal
5 hrs
agree  Christian Schoenberg
6 hrs
agree  brigidm
8 hrs
agree  Charlesp: for rhyming it works nice; and I see you have an illustrious list of Agreeers - so I think you can take this to the bank.
4 days
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Good advice is often expensive


Explanation:
The source doesn't rhyme. Pretty straightforward. Not sure if you want the translation to rhyme.

CG diPierro MD
United States
Local time: 14:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Charlesp: straightforward, but too litteral. Not that it is wrong, but that is a bit too formal.
4 days
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
With advice, you get what you pay for.


Explanation:
A bit more non-literal, which may be what you are looking for, depending upon the context and dialogue, could be "When it comes to advice, you get what you pay for."

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 20:50
Native speaker of: English
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