I heard a commercial yesterday about something stupid and the guy said he regrets doing what he did but he will be" paying for it in spades". whats is mean?
2006-07-12 06:21:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Spades is the highest suit in contract bridge, and many other card games where suits are ranked. (Clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades.) It is the most powerful suit, and the relation to winning decisively is a logical extension.
He will pay dearly and for a long time.
2006-07-12 06:26:42 · answer #1 · answered by thematrixhazu36 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The best way to explain it is in terms of the basic tenet of free market economics: Charge what the market will bear. This is certainly the definition of a fair price in the free market for goods and services. Take your local liquor store, for example. Their goal is to maximize revenue. Thus, they charge the highest price they can for the beverages they sell. If they charge more, they lose sales to their competitors down the street. If they charge less, they lose profit they need not lose. Taxation works the same way. The definition of a fair tax is the level that keeps citizens from moving to other countries while getting as much revenue as possible. Thus far, the US is not seeing its top earners leaving the US to escape taxes, so the tax level is not too high. The main reason these people stay is that they make far more by living in the US and paying the tax than they would by living and working somewhere else with lower taxes. Imagine a Wall Streeter or a Hollywood actor trying to come close to the same earnings working in Andorra or the Cayman Islands. Not gonna happen.
2016-03-13 05:54:28 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What does the phrase "paying in spades" mean ?
I heard a commercial yesterday about something stupid and the guy said he regrets doing what he did but he will be" paying for it in spades". whats is mean?
2015-08-20 06:22:59 · answer #4 · answered by Danette 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He will be paying dearly and for a long time.
2006-07-12 06:25:58 · answer #5 · answered by Tamara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋