Pepito paga doble

Language: es

1.
Spaincolloquial
- Literal: someone named 'Pepito' pays twice; used to indicate that a person bears a double financial charge.
2.
Spaincolloquialidiomatic
- Figurative: a dismissive way to describe a simplistic or facile solution in which one party is expected to absorb a disproportionate cost or responsibility, implying that the situation is not that trivial.

Examples:

ES: No se trata de un "Pepito paga doble", sino de productos reales que por una parte tienen sentido, pero con un mal uso pueden provocar un desastre.
EN: We're not talking about Albanian shell game players. We're talking about products. They make sense.

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