An offer one can't refuse
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“Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity and uplift, competing as they do in a marketplace. But we have a right to remember how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer that people could not refuse.” ― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great |
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An offer one can't refuse
- An offer from one side in a transaction with terms so attractive that the other side is almost guaranteed to accept.
- 2006 Feb. 5, Michael D. Lemonick, "Are We Losing Our Edge?," Time:
- But in 2001 the government of Singapore made him an offer he couldn't refuse: the directorship of the brand new Genome Institute along with a $25 million starting budget.
- 2006 Feb. 5, Michael D. Lemonick, "Are We Losing Our Edge?," Time:
- A threatening offer by one party for which the results of failing to accept are so unattractive that the other party is almost compelled to accept.
- 1991 Sept. 22, Edward Rothstein, "Film: Hard Up for a Plot? Get With the Program," New York Times (retrieved 29 July 2012):
- The Mafia godfather Rocco . . . makes Jack an offer he can't refuse: marry Carol or else.
- 1991 Sept. 22, Edward Rothstein, "Film: Hard Up for a Plot? Get With the Program," New York Times (retrieved 29 July 2012):
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Etymology
Unknown origin. A famous example is found in the film The Godfather (1972).
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