Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” and its meaning is “used to say that it is impossible to get something (desired or valuable) for nothing.
Example Sentence: Voters prefer to earn a dignified earning over freebies: Supreme Court… A Bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana said there have been instances of parties losing elections in spite of their promises of freebies… The court said its primary concern is about “the right way of spending public money”. The court indicated that promises of freebies come at a cost to the public exchequer. “At the end of the day, we must say there is no free lunch,” the Bench observed.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Voters prefer to earn a dignified earning over freebies: Supreme Court and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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