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ЗА ЧТО КУПИЛ, ЗА ТО И ПРОДАЮ (saying) I am just repeating what I have heard (said when a person repeats rumors or another person's words and therefore does not want to be held responsible for them, cannot vouch for their truthfulness etc): — I am only telling you (passing on) what I heard (what they told me)

(in limited contexts) take it for what itfs worth. (authors usage) «А ты-то это точно знаешь?»... - «Я почем купил, потом и продаю...» (Шолохов 4). "But do you know this for a fact?"...Tm only telling you what I heard..." (4a).

«...Иные там, с образом мыслей поблагороднее, так даже руки ему не хотели подать на первых порах: слишком-де уж стремительно в консерваторы перескочил... Повторяю: легенда. За что купил, за то и продал» (Достоевский 2). "...Some persons there, of a nobler cast of mind, did not even want to shake hands with him at first, he jumped over to the conservatives a bit too precipitously....! repeat: it's a legend. Take it for what it's worth" (2a).