| 单词 | there is no such thing as a free lunch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthere is (also ain't) no such thing as a free lunch 2. figurative. Something that is (seemingly) free of charge or cost; frequently in phrases implying that everything inevitably involves a cost of some kind, as there is (also ain't) no such thing as a free lunch. ΚΠ 1900 Mansfield (Ohio) News 20 Dec. This is no free lunch. Our terms are cash in advance. 1942 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 13 Apr. 4/1 It takes some people a long time to find out that ‘there is no free lunch.’ 1949 W. Morrow in San Francisco News 1 June There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. 1952 Ethics Apr. 183/2 It was summed up by, I think, Professor Alvin Hansen in his famous TINSTAAFL formula—‘There is no such thing as a free lunch.’ 1985 Times 19 Nov. 16/3 There are no free lunches in the environment. 2004 New Republic 3 May 34/1 The welfare state so far has been a ‘free lunch’. 2005 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 20 Feb. 63/1 We all know there is no such thing as a free lunch, so how does it work and where's the catch? < as lemmas |
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