English Dictionary

offer one can't refuse

noun

(idiomatic) An offer from one side in a transaction with terms so attractive that the other side is almost guaranteed to accept.

The mob boss made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

意味（1）

(idiomatic) An offer from one side in a transaction with terms so attractive that the other side is almost guaranteed to accept.

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.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) 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.

The Mafia godfather Rocco . . . makes Jack an offer he can't refuse: marry Carol or else.