you can't 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 &… …

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  • 2for 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 …

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  • 3You Can Dance — Remix par Madonna Sortie 18 novembre 1987 Enregistrement 1982 87 Durée 68:38 Genre …

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  • 4You Can't Take It with You — This article is about the play. For the film, see You Can t Take It With You (film). For the album by As Tall As Lions, see You Can t Take It with You (album). You Can t Take It With You Written by George S. Kaufman Moss Hart Characters Alice… …

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  • 5something — see you don’t get something for nothing something is better than nothing if anything can go wrong, it will …

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  • 6nothing — [[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… …

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  • 7Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing — Single by Brooks Dunn from the album Borderline …

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  • 8A Fever You Can't Sweat Out — Studio album by Panic! at the Disco Released September …

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  • 9I 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… …

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  • 10nothing — noth|ing1 W1S1 [ˈnʌθıŋ] pron [: Old English; Origin: nan thing, nathing no thing ] 1.) not anything or no thing ▪ Nothing ever happens in this town. ▪ There s nothing in this box. ▪ There was nothing else the doctors could do. ▪ He had nothing… …

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