τον κώλο βάζεις μάγειρα, σκατά θα μαγειρέψει

Greek

Proverb

τον κώλο βάζεις μάγειρα, σκατά θα μαγειρέψει • (ton kólo vázeis mágeira, skatá tha mageirépsei) (literally: you put an arse as a cook, it will cook shit)

(colloquial, humorous, vulgar) if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys (if one gives a task to someone incompetent, they will receive results of the same standard)

Synonyms

αν βάζεις τον κώλο σου να σου κάνει δουλειά, σκατά δουλειά θα κάνει (an vázeis ton kólo sou na sou kánei douleiá, skatá douleiá tha kánei)

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