too good to refuse
idiom
: so good that a person feels he or she must accept it
Their offer was too good to refuse.
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Purdue recruited him heavily, but Miami had a name, image and likeness arrangement that was too good to refuse: $800,000 for two years.
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Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Mar. 2023
Follow our step-by-step instructions below and head into Thursday’s NBA action with a no-brainer deal that’s too good to refuse.
—cleveland, 26 Jan. 2023
That doesn’t mean someone with deep pockets—hello, Amazon or Apple—couldn’t sweep in with an offer too good to refuse.
—Laura Entis, Outside Online, 9 Mar. 2022
Denver was not on that list, but the Broncos were known aggressively pursuing a quarterback and apparently made Seattle an offer too good to refuse.
—Bob Condotta, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2022
In order to lure the sea lion out of the road, authorities naturally turned to fish — an offer presumably too good to refuse.
—oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2021
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Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Mar. 2023
Follow our step-by-step instructions below and head into Thursday’s NBA action with a no-brainer deal that’s too good to refuse.
—cleveland, 26 Jan. 2023
That doesn’t mean someone with deep pockets—hello, Amazon or Apple—couldn’t sweep in with an offer too good to refuse.
—Laura Entis, Outside Online, 9 Mar. 2022
Denver was not on that list, but the Broncos were known aggressively pursuing a quarterback and apparently made Seattle an offer too good to refuse.
—Bob Condotta, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2022
In order to lure the sea lion out of the road, authorities naturally turned to fish — an offer presumably too good to refuse.
—oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2021
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“Too good to refuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/too%20good%20to%20refuse. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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