there's no such thing as a free lunch

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   used to say that it is not possible to get sth for nothing

   That old truth remains: There is no such thing as a free lunch.

In the movies · 1

• That old truth remains: There is no such thing as a free lunch.Nashville1975

From the same entry

• free and easy
• get, have, a free hand
• get, take, a free ride
• it's a free country
• be home and dry
• give free rein
• make free with
• run free
• walk free

More idioms

• get the better of
• bits and pieces
• get your hands dirty
• on the road
• at a distance
• a high profile
• from top to bottom
• have a way with
• put in a word for
• take breath away
• with your eyes shut
• at best