"Te va a salir más caro el collar que el perro."
I went to buy a storage piece of furniture yesterday at a second-hand store. I saw one I kind of liked and it had an affordable price. It was a little short, so I said I would have to add some legs to it. AND, the handles were ugly, and I said I would have to change them as well.
The salesman looked at me and said the expression above. It means that if you are spending too much to fix a cheap piece of furniture, you will end up spending more money on the fixing up than on the furniture itself. Obviously, it can be said about any purchase.
The translation is: the collar will be more expensive than the dog. :)
