sell bargains
To make saucy (usually indiscreet) comments; to come onto.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“He always tries to sell bargains to the new staff.”
“She felt uncomfortable when he started to sell bargains at the office party.”
“Despite the professional setting, he could not resist the urge to sell bargains to anyone who caught his eye.”
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drive a hard bargain
To negotiate forcefully.
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Faustian bargain
An agreement in which a person abandons his or her spiritual values or moral principles in order to obtain knowledge, wealth or other benefits.
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fool's bargain
A bad bargain; one that leaves the person accepting it worse off.
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I have a bridge to sell you
An indirect way of expressing that the addressee is gullible.
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more than one bargained for
An unexpected and (usually) unwanted result of a decision or action.
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one of His Majesty's bad bargains
An incapable (sick, etc) or incompetent soldier.
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sell dearly
To make one's opponent pay a very high price to defeat or obtain (a person, unit, vehicle, or territory).
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sell down
To betray a person; to conspire against someone for personal gain.
Last updated August 10, 2026