English Dictionary

offer one can't refuse

名詞

慣用表現

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

日本語の意味

拒否できない申し出、相手にとって断ることがほぼ不可能な非常に魅力的な提案 / 非常に有利な条件を提示する提案、取引において相手が受け入れざるを得ないオファー

When the investor presented the offer one can't refuse, the startup's board voted unanimously to accept.

投資家が断れないほど魅力的な申し出を提示したとき、スタートアップの取締役会は満場一致でそれを受け入れることにした。

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.

offers one can't refuse （ plural ）