英语词汇“to make someone an offer he or she can't refuse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

f. colloquial (originally U.S.). to make someone an offer he or she can't refuse: to make someone a proposal that it is impolitic to decline, either because of coercion or threat, or because it is particularly advantageous.Originally popularized by Francis Ford Coppola's film The Godfather (1972), based on the novel by Mario Puzo (see quot. 1969).

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1969 M. Puzo Godfather i. i. 39 ‘He's a businessman,’ the Don said blandly. ‘I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.’

1976 B. Took Laughter in Air i. 11 Theatre magnates still held the whip hand, making offers they couldn't refuse to Arthur Askey and Jack Warner for stage versions of their hit radio shows.

1993 A. L. Kennedy Looking for Possible Dance 90 These agents pretend they're from the union, they find out who needs money round the place, then they make them offers they can't refuse.

2001 Esquire Apr. 102/1 Making twenty-five-year-old shortstop Alex Rodriguez an offer he can't refuse: $252 million over ten years, plus bonus and escalator clauses.

单词	to make someone an offer he or she can't refuse
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