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
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- (as) free as a bird
- free as a bird
- a free lunch
- free lunch
- the only free cheese is in the mousetrap
- free, gratis, and for nothing
- free as air/as a bird
- (as) free as (the) air
- get free of
- get free of (someone or something)