Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

the juice is worth the squeeze

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: the juice is -worth the squeeze
IPA

64

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

2

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

The effort put into something is justified by the outcome.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Another part of the problem may be that I have talked to one of these folks that were looking for grants, and he told me, Ken, the juice isn't worth the squeeze from trying to get the money from the Feds and the complications that go into this."
"I'm not sure the juice is worth the squeeze on this one ... maybe I'll just take the hit on the exam and learn it later."
"We need to ask ourselves whether the juice is worth the squeeze. Let's say we have a perfect fraud model that can completely identify all the fraud occurring in a portfolio. However, if the model takes so long to run in production that it crashes the production system, that model is far from desirable."
"So our purpose, work, and efforts should result in “juice” worth the “squeeze” of the life we choose."

Usage

Informal

Phrases

not worth the powder risk it for the biscuit

Frequently Paired Words

not worth the powder risk it for the biscuit

Antonyms

the game is not worth the candle

Questions

What does the juice is worth the squeeze mean?: The effort put into something is justified by the outcome.

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