no strings attached

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,originallyUS,informal)Withoutconditionsorobligations; without acatch.Synonyms:unconditionally,ziplesslyFor a friend I’ll help out for free,no strings attached.1883March 24, “Current Topics. Marriage.”, in W. T. Baggett, editor,Pacific Coast Law Journal,[…], volume XI, number 5, San Francisco, Calif.: Pacific Coast Law Printing and Publishing Co.,[…],→OCLC,pages90–91:In the present century marriage is preceded by a betrothment, gifts are usually interchanged (but withno strings attached), and a causeless withdrawal therefrom by either party is considered infamous.1892February 17, “Cartoons and Comments”, inH[enry] C[uyler] Bunner, editor,Puck, volume XXX, number780, New York, N.Y.:Keppler & Schwarzmann,→OCLC,page430, column 2:Mr.[James Gillespie] Blaine's declination—it is always understood that we assume there isno string attachedto his letter—is undoubtedly a wise move on his part.1902October,Jack London, chapter XXI, inA Daughter of the Snows, Philadelphia, Pa.:J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company,→OCLC,page224:Listen. We've kept it quiet, but she's in with the elect on French Hill. Her claim's prospected the richest of the outfit. Present indication half a million at least. In her own name,no strings attached. Couldn't she take that and go anywhere in the world and reinstate herself?1919, Carolyn Wells, “Case Rivers”, inThe Man Who Fell through the Earth, New York, N.Y.:George H[enry] Doran Company,→OCLC,page170:"No," I assured him, after receiving his cordial welcome, "my offer hadno string attached. I'm more than ready to help in any way I can, to find a niche for you in this old town and fit you into it. It doesn't matter where you hail from, or how you got here; New York is an all-comers' race, and the devil take the hindmost."1953(date written),Sylvia Plath, “Initiation”, inJohnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: And Other Prose Writings, London:Faber and Faber, published1977,→ISBN,page151:Would he ask her out (if he ever did) just for herself,no strings attached?1972July 27,Andrew J[ohn] Biemiller, witness, “Statement of Andrew J. Biemiller, Director, Department of Legislation, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Accompanied byNathaniel Goldfinger, Director, Research Department, and Arnold Cantor, Economist, Research Department”, inRevenue Sharing: Hearings before theCommittee on Finance,United States Senate, Ninety-secondCongress, Second Session on H.R. 14370 to Provide Payments to Localities for High-priority Expenditures, to Encourage the States to Supplement Their Revenue Sources, and to Authorize Federal Collection of State Individual Income Taxes[…], Washington, D.C.:U.S. Government Printing Office,→OCLC,page452:As to the $12 billion State share, there is not even the pretense of an attempt at congressional oversight, Federal control, or standards of performance. The State share is totallyno-string attached.1999, “Be Faithful”, Isaac Freeman, Edmund Bini, Joseph Rizzo, Sean Combs, Schon Crawford, Clarence Emery, Bernard Edwards, Faith Evans, Ronald Lawrence, Nile Rodgers, James Alexander, Ben Cauley, Johnny Hammond, Allen Jones, William McLean, Andres Titus (music) (Compact Disc), performed byFatman Scoop, United States: AV8:Who wanna have sex withno strings attached2005,J[ohn] M[axwell] Coetzee, chapter 20, inSlow Man, London:Vintage,→ISBN,page151:'I asked him to think again. I asked him to put Drago's interests first. I repeated that there wereno strings attachedto my offer.' / 'No visible strings, you mean.'2013,Tim Myers, Melissa Sheppard, “Bad Things”, inDear You‎[1], performed byMeiko, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.:Fantasy Records, published2014,→OCLC:You say that you want / All of my love / But let's be honest, we don't need all that / I like it better withno strings attached2020November 18, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: Emergency Funding Package of up to £1.8bn Agreed for TfL”, inRail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire:Bauer Media,→ISSN,→OCLC, page15:He also criticised what he called the Government's "bailout" of the privatised rail companies withno strings attached, stating: "There is simply no reason why the same easy solution could not have been applied to London,[…]."2021, Andrei Znamenski, “Regime of Goodness: Social Democracy and the Swedish Model, 1920s–1990s”, inSocialism as a Secular Creed: A Modern Global History, Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books,The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group,→ISBN,page205:When government delivers handouts withno string attached, more people naturally want to use and abuse them, which eventually ruins economy and drains a country's wealth. Essentially the welfare state destroys the ethic which sustains this very state.

Examples:

EN: There is no strings attached to it.
ES: No hay ataduras.
EN: There are no strings attached to it.
ES: Eran sin contrapartida.
EN: Fine youngsters with no strings attached, no political tie ups.
ES: Jóvenes sin compromisos ni lazos políticos.
EN: A Christmas present from Pittsburgh to Pittsburgh, and no strings attached.
ES: Un regalo de Navidad de Pittsburgh para Pittsburgh, sin condiciones.
EN: Freedom, freedom, no strings attached.
ES: ¡Libre, sin compromisos!
EN: All I'm asking is that you accept, as a gift, no strings attached, one genuine cowhide traveling bag.
ES: Solamente le ruego que lo acepte... sin compromiso. Un maletín, de piel de vaca, auténtica, no creo... que aceptarlo le comprometa a nada.
EN: There were no strings attached.
ES: Tranquilo. Me compró sin condiciones.
EN: Nora, there are no strings attached. You've done enough for me here at the club, I wouldn't ask for any more.
ES: Has hecho tanto por el club, no pido nada más.
EN: There are no strings attached.
ES: No le pido nada a cambio.
EN: But believe me... there are no strings attached.
ES: Pero créanme sin condiciones.
EN: I told Donna Amalia, no strings attached, call us if you need anything.
ES: Se lo dije a doña Amalia, sin compromiso, cualquier cosa nos llama.
EN: I gave it to you, no strings attached...
ES: Yo te lo di, sin obligaciones...
EN: They gave their money with no strings attached.
ES: Ofrecieron su dinero desinteresadamente.
EN: But son, no strings attached.
ES: Pero hijo, sin ataduras.
EN: You said there were no strings attached.
ES: Habías dicho que no había condiciones.

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