(Rhymes with "Hey MAY, say TOM mend guiTAR day," (Also EQV, pronounced EK-woo) literally "to buy than to sell.") A saying meaning "better to be taken advantage of than to take advantage of another." [Shortening of the Latin Meliorum emere quam venditare Pontem Bruclinii est: "It is better to buy the Brooklyn Bridge than to sell it."]
Примеры использования:
"You gave that guy a tip?! But the service was lousy!" "EQV, man: maybe he'll do better for the next guy." | "Dude! You just got taken for $50 bucks! Didn't you know he was conning you?" "I suspected it, but hey, emere quam venditare. What a terrible life, have to live from con to con like that. If he comes back, let me know, I'll find him a couple hundred."
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