Summary
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on ne donne rien pour rien:
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Wiktionary:
on ne donne rien pour rien → quid pro quo, you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours
on ne donne rien pour rien → quid pro quo
on ne donne rien pour rien → you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
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Wiktionary:
French
Detailed Translations for on ne donne rien pour rien from French to English
on ne donne rien pour rien: (*Using Word and Sentence Splitter)
- on: they; someone; anyone; somebody; anybody
- naître: originate; come into existance; come into being; be born; occur; arise
- né: born; né
- âne: ass; donkey; silly thing; fool; stupid; dunce; simpleton; oaf; numbskull; birdbrain; Simple Simon; fat head; rattle brain; rattle-brain; feather head; moron; idiot; nitwit; dolt; duffer; nincompoop; dimwit; ninny; blockhead; fathead; numskull
- donner: extend; offer; pass; give; hand; delate; hand over; present with; give to; deliver up; donate; provide; deliver; dispense; hand over to; give away; allow; declare; proffer; apply; supply; feed; register; energize; ventilate; enrol for; report oneself; energise; inflict; marry off; gift away; give in marriage
- donné: handed over; given away
- donnée: data; fact
- rien: nothing; bargain price; giveaway price; touch; trace; squeeze; dash; hint; shot; splash; semblance; tending to; small trace; trifle; futility; bagatelle; a piece of cake; child's play; small matter; small affair; small thing; something unimportant
- pour: at; in favour of; to the credit of; in favor of; pro; on behalf of; meaning; so to speak; so to say; for
Wiktionary Translations for on ne donne rien pour rien:
on ne donne rien pour rien
phrase
on ne donne rien pour rien
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Exprime que l’on ne veut donner une chose qu’en recevant une autre chose.
- on ne donne rien pour rien → quid pro quo; you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours
noun
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this for that
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if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor
- you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours → on ne donne rien pour rien; on n'a rien pour rien; donnant donnant