"Offer one cannot refuse" nghĩa là gì?

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"Offer (one) cannot refuse" = đề nghị không thể từ chối (được Mario Puzo đặt ra trong cuốn tiểu thuyết Bố già năm 1969 của ông và được phổ biến trong bộ phim chuyển thể cùng tên của Francis Ford Coppola năm 1972) -> nghĩa là lời đề nghị có tính đe dọa, nếu từ chối sẽ gặp hậu quả lớn, nguy hiểm.

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“I am one of the unusual males who just can’t stand golf, so there’s no prospect of retiring to the golf course.” He hopes to travel and write and to spend more time with a grandson who shares his passion for history. “He called me up one day when he was in kindergarten. He was 5, and he said, ‘Will you take me to Mt. Vernon for my birthday?’ and I said that’s an offer one cannot refuse.”

An offer one cannot refuse? The promoter group has decided to raise the number of equity shares of Vedanta to be acquired in the open offer to 651mn (earlier 371.75mn), representing 17.5% (earlier 10%) of equity shares, at a revised price of Rs 235 (earlier Rs 160). The revised offer represents a premium of 4% to the CMP, a better deal for investors than the earlier offer price that implied a discount of 13% to the CMP then. That said, the fragmented nature of shareholding may affect tendering of shares nevertheless. The last date for upward revision of offer price was March 19.

To borrow a line from cinematic lore, Matthew McCurley has an offer one cannot refuse. McCurley, you see, used to be an actor. His defining moment came 25 years ago, in October of 1994, when the movie “Little Giants” debuted in theaters. McCurley played the role of Nubie, the nerdiest kid on a team with no shortage of nerds. Except he did not even play. No, Nubie was something of an assistant coach, famous for dialing up the immortal play “The Annexation of Puerto Rico” with the help of none other than John Madden.

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