get the/a hard sell

get the/a hard sell

To receive a significant amount of pressure from a salesperson. I hate getting the hard sell in these shops when all I'm coming in to do is browse.
See also: get, hard, sell
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • give (one) the hard sell
  • hard sell
  • the hard sell
  • Eskimo
  • lumber
  • sawdust
  • (someone) could sell an icebox to an Eskimo
  • (someone) could sell sawdust to a lumber mill
  • (someone) could sell ice to Eskimos
  • browse over