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All of sudden, she came over to me, and gave me a grain of M&M chocolate. But she took three pieces of my biscuit instead. It doesn't pay. Does this sound natural?
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The first sentence is just fine (except... What is a grain of M&Ms? A handful?)
but I'm afraid you've lost me after that.
"It doesn't pay" lol
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Oh! It's just "an M&M". When there's multiple, you can call them pieces.
What are you trying to say after that?
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Does this make sense?
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Do you mean "she gave me one M&M. Afterwards, she stole three pieces of my biscuit. It wasn't a fair trade"?
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In this case, I can't use the phrase “It doesn't pay.”? In what kind of situation can I use it?
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Unnatural
I have never heard the phrase "it doesn't pay" in my life.
Where did you hear it?
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I thought “those are reliable information.” But I wanted to make sure that this phrase is correct or not.
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I have only heard "doesn't pay" in "crime doesn't pay". I haven't heard it anywhere else. I googled it and I can't see anyone else mentioning it. Do the teachers provide an equivalent phrase in japanese?
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The only other phrase I know with "pay" in it is that something "paid off"
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