string attached
A condition, catch, limitation, caveat, restriction, or requirement
Noun
- A condition, catch, limitation, caveat, restriction, or requirement
- I'll get you that new video game that you want so badly, but there's a string attached; you must also clean your room at least once a week.
- They were advertising free television sets, but there were a lot of strings attached.
- As I write this, drivers' union ASLEF has announced yet another series of one-day strikes, because ministers are stupidly insisting that the modest below-inflation pay rise they have offered drivers still comes with...
Origin
From no strings attached.