[Idiom] Similar to buy 1 get 1 free

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Is there any idioms or slang with the meaning of buying A and you can get A + B? Thanks!!
 
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Welcome to the forums, amandang.

'Two for the price of one' means the same as 'Buy one get one free'.
 

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Free B with every A.
 

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BOGOF is sometimes used for Buy one get one free.
 

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Thanks everyone! But is there any way to say the meaning that you spend money to buy A, in return, you can get A + B, and show that B is bigger?

I make up one "Buy a Big Deal"

Is this expression sensible?

Many thanks!!
 

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Thanks everyone! But is there any way to say the meaning that you spend money to buy A, in return, you can get A + B, and show that B is bigger?

I make up one "Buy a Big Deal"

Is this expression sensible?

Many thanks!!

No, it isn't.

The "free gift with purchase" is not normally "bigger" than the original item purchased.

I could see buying a coat and getting free gloves. Or buying a chainsaw and getting a case for it for free.

But not buying a set of tires and getting a free car.
 

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No, it isn't.

The "free gift with purchase" is not normally "bigger" than the original item purchased.

I could see buying a coat and getting free gloves. Or buying a chainsaw and getting a case for it for free.

But not buying a set of tires and getting a free car.

Thanks for your reply, I know that it is a little wried that when you buy something but at the end you get the gift is bigger than what you buy, but actually it is a only physically bigger and have similar value.

So or I should ask if "Buy a Big Deal" is gramatically correct?
 

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So or I should ask if "Buy a Big Deal" is gramatically correct?
It's as grammatically correct as 'drink a big rifle'. There is little point in discussing the grammatical correctness of sentences that have no meaning.
 

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Thanks for the reply!

Since I am working on a Marketing Project and have to create some Promotional message which could be more gimmick, that's why I come up with this a bit wried phrase, thanks everyone! :)
 

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Note the correct spelling of weird​, not "wried".
 
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