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1) Colloquial: for free, freeload, mooching, something for nothing a free lunch, for nothing2) Australian slang: cheap skate3) Jargon: ride a pony, on a freebie4) American English: on the cuff -
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НА ХАЛЯВУfor free / something for nothing a free lunch / to freeload / mooching / sponging даром, не затрачивая средств и усилий free of charge, without expending any resources or effortНа халяву и уксус сладкий. Even vinegar is sweet when it's free. Журналисты любят приёмы, потому что там можно есть и пить на халяву. Journalists like receptions because you get to freeload food and drink.
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3 За ничто ничего не купишь
То obtain something you must pay for itCf: Everything that is worth having must be paid for (Am.). No pay, no play (Br.). No penny, no paternoster (Am., Br.). No such thing as a free lunch (Am.). Nothing for nothing /, and very little for halfpenny/ (Br.). There is no good that does not cost a price (Am.). There's no /such thing as a/ free lunch (Am.). Touch pot, touch penny (Br.). You get nothing for nothing (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > За ничто ничего не купишь
См. также в других словарях:
free lunch — Something for nothing proverbially, what there is no such thing as. In business the saying “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” means that everything has a cost … American business jargon
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there is no such thing as a free lunch — ► used for saying that you cannot get something for nothing: »We all like the idea of more time off work but there is no such thing as a free lunch. Main Entry: ↑lunch … Financial and business terms
there's no such thing as a free lunch — ► used to say that nothing is free even if it appears to be, for example, if someone gives you something they probably want something back from you in return Main Entry: ↑free … Financial and business terms
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Naked Lunch — by William S. Burroughs (1959) Naked Lunch is William S. Burroughs’s masterpiece and one of the most influential novels of the 20th century. It is also the most infamous novel to come out of the Beat Generation. In his dedication to Howl and… … Encyclopedia of Beat Literature
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