This offer sounds great, but is there a string attached?
string attached
idiomA condition, catch, limitation, caveat, restriction, or requirement
Origin
disputed originFrom no strings attached.
The company offered me a free laptop, but there was a string attached: I had to sign a three-year contract.
While the benefactor promised to fund the entire research project, the scientists soon discovered a hidden string attached that compromised their academic independence.
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another string to one's bow
Another skill, ability or resource to be used in case of failure.
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apron string
A symbol of the domestic ties binding a male to a female (as a husband to a wife or a son to a mother).
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harp on one string
To dwell on a single subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence.
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harp on the same string
To repeatedly say the same thing.
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no strings attached
Without conditions or obligations; without a catch.
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second string
Not as good; of a lower quality or condition.
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string along
To keep somebody falsely believing that one has certain intentions.
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string out
To prolong or extend in an unnecessary, contrived or time-filling manner.