| 单词 | to drive a hard bargain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto drive (also strike, etc.) a hard bargain 2. to drive (also strike, etc.) a hard bargain: to be uncompromising in making a deal or deals. Cf. hard adj. 22a. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain [verb (intransitive)] > drive a hard bargain driveOE to drive a hard bargaina1628 horse-trade1924 the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate driveOE treat1297 chaffer1377 broke1496 hucka1529 capitulate1537 hack1587 haggle1589 huckster1593 negotiate1598 to stand out1606 palter1611 to drive a hard bargaina1628 priga1628 scotch1627 prig1632 higgle1633 to dodge it1652 to beat a (the) bargain1664 a1628 J. Preston Elegant Descr. Spirituall Life & Death (1632) 70 Christ doth make an hard bargaine with none. 1727 G. Stanhope 12 Serm. Several Occasions i. 14 So careful to stick to the very Letter of the Command, as if they were driving a hard Bargain with Almighty God. 1761 Library Apr. 45 Those..who think justly, will not believe that a capacity of driving a hard bargain, and over-reaching our neighbours, is to be esteemed a part of real wisdom. 1836 C. Dickens Let. 17 Aug. (1965) I. 165 I should be very sorry to appear anxious to drive a hard bargain. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 78 The senate..managed to drive a hard bargain with the Syracusan king. 1922 Outing July 182/2 The old man drove a hard bargain. and when the cow was at last mine, I had parted with the last greenback. 1987 S. P. Ville Eng. Shipowning during Industr. Revol. iii. 52 His ability to strike a hard bargain is illustrated by the sale of Europa. 2012 Atlantic Nov. 37/1 The Big Seven use their oligopolistic power to drive a hard bargain. < as lemmas |
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