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why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?

  1. Do not expect somebody to make a costly commitment if it will give them nothing they do not already have; used especially as a warning against having sexual intercourse before marriage (or conversely, as encouragement against getting married).
    • 2005, Steven Gordon, The Future of the Music Business:The whole idea of why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free relates to offering only a very brief sample of your music online. I have intellectual property, and I treat that intellectual property very seriously as an artist.
    • 2007, Elina Furman, Kiss and Run:In the past, women who wanted to move in with a boyfriend would get a strict talking-to about a common male mentality: “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?”
    • 2008, Inge Auerbacher, Highway To New York: A Lady Truck Driver Adventure, page 38:I can get plenty of dames, so why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free...ya know what I mean?

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