Butter’s dear bought when it’s licked off a briar.
-Irish proverb
In this proverb, butter means something you really want-maybe popularity, love, praise, or a material thing. A briar is a bush with needlelike leaves. Licking butter off the briar would take a long time and be unpleasant, too
Write about a time in your life when the “butter” wasn’t worth what you would have had to do to get it. Or think of something you or a friend may be doing now that carries too high a price.