Idiom
fool's bargain
Meaning
A bad bargain; one that leaves the person accepting it worse off.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Trading your reliable car for this broken one is a fool's bargain.”
“The salesman offered a low price for my house, but I knew it was a fool's bargain.”
“By sacrificing his integrity for a temporary promotion, he entered into a fool's bargain that would eventually cost him his professional reputation.”
Examples
simple
“Trading your reliable car for this broken one is a fool's bargain.”
contextual
“The salesman offered a low price for my house, but I knew it was a fool's bargain.”
complex
“By sacrificing his integrity for a temporary promotion, he entered into a fool's bargain that would eventually cost him his professional reputation.”
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