to get something for nothing
1you don’t get something for nothing — A variant of this, originally from the north country, runs you don’t get owt [anything] for nowt [nothing]. Cf. 1845 DISRAELI Sybil I. I. v. To do nothing and get something formed a boy’s ideal of a manly career. 1870 P. T. BARNUM Struggles &… …
2something for nothing — informal phrase if someone gets something for nothing, they get what they want without any payment, work, or effort ‘Young people these days all want something for nothing’, he said. Thesaurus: advantages and benefitssynonym Main entry: something …
3something for nothing — informal if someone gets something for nothing, they get what they want without any payment, work, or effort Young people these days all want something for nothing , he said …
4for nothing — 1 she hosted the show for nothing: FREE (OF CHARGE), gratis, without charge, at no cost; informal for free, on the house. 2 all this trouble for nothing: IN VAIN, to no avail, to no purpose, with no result, needlessly …
5nothing — [[t]nʌ̱θɪŋ[/t]] ♦ nothings 1) PRON INDEF NEG Nothing means not a single thing, or not a single part of something. I ve done nothing much since coffee time... Mr Pearson said he knew nothing of his wife s daytime habits... He was dressed in jeans… …
6nothing — see nothing comes of nothing nothing for nothing nothing is certain but death and taxes nothing is certain but the unforeseen nothing is for ever there is nothing new under the sun …
7get — see you cannot get blood from a stone be careful what you pray for, you might get it if you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen if you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas don’t get mad, get even …
8something — see you don’t get something for nothing something is better than nothing if anything can go wrong, it will …
9Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing — Single by Brooks Dunn from the album Borderline …
10I Can Get It for You Wholesale — Infobox Musical name= I Can Get It For You Wholesale subtitle= caption= music= Harold Rome lyrics= Harold Rome book= Jerome Weidman basis= Novel by Jerome Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale productions= 1962 Broadway awards= I Can Get It for… …
