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. —

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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