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Buy Someone for What They’re Worth and Sell Them for What They Think They’ll Bring

For a clever way to describe someone as arrogant, you can always say, “I’d like to buy him for what he’s worth and sell him for what he thinks he’s worth” or “what he thinks he’ll bring.” This is part of a complete episode.

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