hard bargain

Idioms  

1. see under drive a hard bargain.

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Example Sentences

The hard bargain of public education has always been that it seeks to do the greatest good for the greatest number of kids, meaning it rarely offers perfection for individual children.

From Los Angeles Times

By preventing creditors from attaching to Iraq’s oil shipments, the country was able to drive a hard bargain.

From Barron's

Since they haggle on behalf of health plans that collectively enroll hundreds of millions of Americans, these PBMs have considerable leverage, and should theoretically drive a hard bargain and win enormous discounts.

From Salon

Some eyebrows were raised when PSG paid such a large fee for Doue in the summer, but Rennes are as good at driving a hard bargain as they are producing young gems.

From BBC

"This is where we will drive a hard bargain, and problems could arise," cautions Mr Dhar.

From BBC