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овчинка выделки не стоитstresses
gen. be more trouble than it's worth (Anglophile); it's not worth the bother (Tanya Gesse); it is not worth the trouble (Interex); not worth powder and shot; it's not worth the effort (DC)
Игорь Миг cost prohibitive
disappr. it doesn't really make sense + infinitive (“We’re still growing in Surrey by 1,200 to 1,400 people a month, in the Metro Vancouver region we’re expecting another 1.3 million people — it doesn’t really make sense to replace a four-lane bridge with another four-lane bridge,” SBoT president and CEO Anita Huberman told Global News. globalnews.ca ART Vancouver)
idiom. the prize isn't worth the effort (denghu)
Makarov. he is not a halfpenny the worse for it
proverb it is not worth powder and shot; the game is not worth the candle; the juice isn't worth the squeeze (4uzhoj)