plural of nothing-up-my-sleeve number

Alternative form of you don't get something for nothing

One cannot expect to receive some benefit if one does not pay for it in some way or does not face a counterbalancing hazard or harm.

(computing) Of a distributed system or architecture: fulfilling each update request by a single node, so as to eliminate contention among nodes.

Something of little substance or importance.

People who are already successful tend to have additional successes.

(dated) To be hanged.

To make no difficulty of (a given occurrence); to consider (a particular occurrence) as trifling or unimportant. / To fail to understand.

Having very little impact or importance; trivial; insignificant.

(idiomatic, Britain, informal) A situation in which victory has little or no value, but defeat has a huge cost.