no strings attached

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English - Turkish
bağlayıcı değil
zorunluluk yok
koşulsuz
NSA
(Askeri) ABD Ulusal Güvenlik Ajansı; milli deniz ulaştırma makamı; (National Security Agency; national shipping authority; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Standardization Agency)
English - English
Characterized by an absence of conditions or obligations

Since then, Beijing has often offered its support to Islamabad in the way of economic assistance, but also with no-strings-attached military aid.

Without conditions or obligations; without a catch

For a friend, I'll help out for free, no strings attached.

(Informal) There are no special conditions or restrictions
NSA
Alternative form of no strings attached
no strings attached

    Hyphenation

    no strings at·tached

    Turkish pronunciation

    nō strîngz ıtäçt

    Pronunciation

    /ˈnō ˈstrəɴɢz əˈtaʧt/ /ˈnoʊ ˈstrɪŋz əˈtæʧt/

    Etymology

    () According to one sourcehttp://www.englishcut.com/archives/000055.html, the origin of this phrase is from the cloth industry, where a small flaw in a fabric would be marked by a string so it could easily be spotted. This suggests a meaning of "without flaws". In ancient times, documents that were written on parchment had strings that were used to tie them shut, after they were rolled up. The Babylonian Talmud in Tractate Bava Metzi'a(Can we this quote?) Epstein, Isadore, Tractate Baba Metzi'a, London: The Soncino Press: mentions an example of a man who gives his wife a get (bill of divorce) with a string attached, but holds on to the string, so that he can snatch it back (apparently because he is unwilling to actually give her a divorce). According to Jewish law, this is not a valid divorce, because the man has not properly delivered the get, by freely giving it to his wife.
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