cheap like borscht

== English == === Alternative forms === cheap as borscht === Etymology === Calque of Yiddish ביליק ווי באָרשט (bilik vi borsht), as the beets used to make it were among the cheapest vegetables. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === cheap like borscht (not comparable) (Canada, informal, simile) Very inexpensive. ==== Related terms ==== cheap as chips dirt cheap ==== References ==== Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “cheap like borscht”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.