Money & finance

look like free money

seem like an easy gain

To seem like money someone can get easily, often with little effort or cost.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Should I accept this investment deal?

Be careful - it may look like free money, but there is probably a catch.

Play the conversation

The cashback offer looks like free money, but you have to spend a lot first.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: That offer looks like easy free money.

Say: That offer looks like free money.

The fixed phrase is “free money”; adding “easy” inside it makes the expression sound unnatural.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

look like free money; make something look like free money

Your turn: say it out loud

The cashback offer looks like free money, but you have to spend a lot first.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

look like free money

seem like an easy gain

“The cashback offer looks like free money, but you have to spend a lot first.”

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