Theme

Worth and excess

What costs too much, what is only just good enough, and the addition that ruins the thing.

1. 花より団子はなよりだんごTo prefer the substantial thing to the pretty show.
2. coûter les yeux de la têteTo cost a ridiculous amount.
3. costar un ojo de la caraTo cost a ridiculous amount.
4. 画蛇添足huà shé tiān zúTo spoil a finished thing by adding too much.
5. 马马虎虎mǎmǎhūhūCareless; or only just all right.