Is it worth it?

This is an expression that doesn't really have a nice translation in Bahasa Indonesia, and so I seldom hear it from students. But it's extremely common in spoken and written English, and so it's one you should learn to use.

This is the correct collocation:

Possible answers include..

• Yes, it's (it is) worth it.
• Yes, it's (it is) worth spending money on space exploration.
• No, it isn't (it is not) worth it.
• No, it's (it is) not worth it.
• No, it isn't (is not) worth spending money on space exploration.

When you ask "Is it worth it?" you're asking..

• Is it basically more advantageous than disadvantageous?
• Is the extra expense justified?
• Is the additional time investment justified?

And so we have the idiom If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing right! If you're investing extra time and/or money into a job or task, then it would be a sin to put in less than 100% effort:

And now for the challenge. Can you think of 5 activities that require additional time, effort and expense but are still worth it?