there's no free lunch

1 (also there’s no such thing as a free lunch) used to say that you should not expect to get something good without having to pay for it or make any effort 天下没有免费的午餐

Examples from the Corpus

there’s no free lunch• As a country, we must face the fact that there is no free lunch for Social Security recipients.

→ there’s no free lunch at free1(5)

2 used to say that you cannot get anything without working for it or paying for it 天底下没有免费的午餐〔用于表示不付出就得不到任何东西〕

→ there’s no (such thing as a) free lunch at lunch1(1)

单词	there's no free lunch
释义	there's no free lunch there's no free lunch 1 (also there’s no such thing as a free lunch) used to say that you should not expect to get something good without having to pay for it or make any effort 天下没有免费的午餐 Examples from the Corpus there’s no free lunch• As a country, we must face the fact that there is no free lunch for Social Security recipients. → there’s no free lunch at free1(5) 2 used to say that you cannot get anything without working for it or paying for it 天底下没有免费的午餐〔用于表示不付出就得不到任何东西〕 → there’s no (such thing as a) free lunch at lunch1(1)
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