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词汇 drive-a-hard-bargain
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drive a hard bargain


idiom informal
to expect a lot in exchange for what you pay or do极力讨价还价
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Examples from literature

About noon, he was talking to a farmer in his quiet back room, endeavouring to drive a hard bargain with the man, whom a bad season had already rendered poor. 
He was a man who drove a hard bargain, so it was said. 
He was highly respectable, but could drive a hard bargain with a poor author, as well as any of his fraternity. 
They generally came to sell, not to buy, and most of them knew how to drive a hard bargain. 
We drove a hard bargain. 

drive a hard bargain | American Dictionary


drive a hard bargain


idiom
to strongly defend a position that is very much to your advantage when reaching an agreement:
He drives a hard bargain, but we finally made a deal.

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