free for all

基本解释

There is a thin line, it seems, between the freedom that spurs creativity and a free-for-all.
看来激发创造力的自由与对所有人完全自由之间只有一线之隔，而且这条线还很细。
It's certainly less of a problem than either having a free-for-all string or the burden of bringing in schema validation.
与完全自由的字符串或者模式验证所造成的负担相比，这当然算不了一个大问题。
Wild meat is not necessarily a free-for-all, and the law obviously favours landowners, country estates, national parks and local authorities.
野生动物肉没必要都免费，明显的法定受益者是土地拥有者、庄园主、国家公园和当地官方。

"We need new gloves,books. We need teachers." Thompson's staff of 13 is now down to just three - all working for free.
This was a radical concept in its day, evidently. The punishment should fit the crime, no more and no less for all free persons--granted slaves are not included--regardless of social class. Equality before the law.
很显然，这是当时最根本的概念，惩罚应该,与罪行相符，不偏向任何自由人，不顾社会阶级,当然奴隶除外，法律面前人人平等。
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At most other intersections, it was a fairly well-mannered free-for-all for both cars and pedestrians.
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To most Russians, democracy and capitalism are euphemisms for a government-sanctioned, free-for-all robbery of the many by the few.
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