no penny, no paternoster

In order to obtain anything, one must pay. The phrase alludes to paying a priest to pray for one. ("Paternoster" is the Latin name for the Lord's Prayer.) I'm sorry, sir, but no penny, no paternoster. I can't help you unless you pay the fee.

See also: no

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drive (one) out of office
force (one) out of office
force out of office
give (one) (one's) head
give somebody their head
give someone his or her head
give someone his/her head, to
(something) pays for itself
as one door closes, another opens

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