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                           Phrase(s): 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.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs