drive/strike a hard bargain

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdrive/strike a hard bargaindrive/strike a hard bargainto demand a lot or refuse to give too much when you are making an agreement The company is believed to have struck a hard bargain. → hardExamples from the Corpusdrive/strike a hard bargain• Don't become despondent just because it seems that your employer is keen to drive a hard bargain.• It could also be that Reilly, who has never knowingly sold himself short, is driving a hard bargain.• So he was right to drive a hard bargain.• The farmer had grown used to billeting troops and drove a hard bargain.

单词	drive/strike a hard bargain
释义	drive/strike a hard bargain From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdrive/strike a hard bargaindrive/strike a hard bargainto demand a lot or refuse to give too much when you are making an agreement The company is believed to have struck a hard bargain. → hardExamples from the Corpusdrive/strike a hard bargain• Don't become despondent just because it seems that your employer is keen to drive a hard bargain.• It could also be that Reilly, who has never knowingly sold himself short, is driving a hard bargain.• So he was right to drive a hard bargain.• The farmer had grown used to billeting troops and drove a hard bargain.
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