You don't get for nothing



You don't get something for nothing.

Prov. Everything costs something, and anything that appears to be free must be deceptive. Jill: This newspaper ad says we can get a trip to Hawaii for free. Jane: There must be a catch to it somewhere. You don't get something for nothing.
See also: get, nothing

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ha-Yunhah-yoonKorean
DÓNal-Irish
Morrison['mɔrisən]
OliverAHL-ə-vər (English), AW-lee-ver (German), O-lee-ver (Finnish)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Czech
DiethelmDEET-helmGerman
Winfrith-Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)