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there's no such thing as a free lunch
idiom saying
said to emphasize that you cannot get something for nothing: 天下没有免费的午餐
"I get to travel with my job but the downside is I have to give talks." "Well, there's no such thing as a free lunch."“我这份工作可以经常去四处走走，不过坏处是我得经常作报告。”“哎呀，天下没有免费的午餐嘛。”
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Costing little or no money
affordable housing
budget
catchpenny
chargeless
cheap
comp
costless
dirt cheap
economical
economically
off-peak
small change
something
something for nothingidiom
super-cheap
supersaver
ultra-cheap
worthless
worthlessly
worthlessness
there's no (such thing as a) free lunch | American Dictionary
there's no (such thing as a) free lunch
idiom
there is always a cost for something you want:
In return for extra profit, investors take on additional risk, proving that there is no such thing as a free lunch.
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