タダ飯はない；
ただ飯はない
【
タダめしはない
(タダ飯はない)；
ただめしはない
(ただ飯はない) 】
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[exp]
- there's no such thing as a free lunch
History:
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D 2024-04-02 23:37:09 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> (id#2296878) - Comments
I meant to say "expression", not "term".
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D 2024-04-02 20:50:50 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> (id#2296873) - Comments
I can't see it being used that way on Japanese pages.
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A* 2024-03-31 15:20:38 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> (id#2296634) - Comments
This doesn't appear to be an established term in Japanese. Only a few thousand Google hits. Presumably a translation from English. I don't think it's needed.
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タダ飯はない 0 ただ飯はない 40
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A 2012-09-25 07:45:21 Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...>
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A* 2012-09-24 12:49:42 Marcus - Refs
240k+190k eij (ただ飯は無い - didn't do ない with 無い because there were very few hits for those variations, less than 100... and it'd be such a mess with the restrictions)
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