drive a hard bargain

Meaning

1. drive / strike a hard bargain

   to argue in an aggressive way and force sb to agree on the best possible price or arrangement

In the movies · 1

• You drive the hard bargain. OK. Luigi make you a new deal.Cars2006

From the same entry

• be hard on
• give a hard time
• hard and fast
• hard as nails
• hard cheese
• hard going
• hard luck
• the hard way
• make hard work of
• no hard feelings
• play hard to get
• too much like hard work