Idiom
sweetheart deal
Meaning
A transaction, contract, or other agreement in which one party provides particularly favorable terms to the other, especially in suspicious circumstances.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The company gave the manager a sweetheart deal on his new house.”
“Critics argued that the city council gave the developer a sweetheart deal, ignoring the usual rules for public land use.”
“The investigative report uncovered a series of sweetheart deals that allowed the corporation to avoid taxes while securing lucrative government contracts.”
Examples
simple
“The company gave the manager a sweetheart deal on his new house.”
contextual
“Critics argued that the city council gave the developer a sweetheart deal, ignoring the usual rules for public land use.”
complex
“The investigative report uncovered a series of sweetheart deals that allowed the corporation to avoid taxes while securing lucrative government contracts.”
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