no bargain

Not a great, beneficial, or worthwhile person or thing. The candidate's election will prove to be no bargain for his party's opponents in congress, many of whom are up for reelection in two years' time. The new house is OK, but it's no bargain compared to our last place.

no bargain

n. not an especially good person or thing. This car gets me to work and back, but it’s no bargain.

See also: bargain, no

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

tout (someone or something) as
tout as
vote a split ticket
stead
hold (someone) in good stead
be not what it's cracked up to be
no point in
(there's) no point (in) (doing something)
all it's cracked up to be
not what (something) is cracked up to be

References in periodicals archive

First, when the warrants were written, the parties agreed on their price (as determined by an independent third-party investment banker); thus, there was no bargain element to the warrants' acquisition.

Controlled corporation's sale of warrants to subsidiary was not a bargain sale

It also is argued valuation of internally generated goodwill is based on "softer" numbers--there is no bargained arm's-length exchange--and is dependent on an ever moving target, the company's current share price.

Goodwill accounting: time for an overhaul

词组	no bargain
释义	no bargain no bargain Not a great, beneficial, or worthwhile person or thing. The candidate's election will prove to be no bargain for his party's opponents in congress, many of whom are up for reelection in two years' time. The new house is OK, but it's no bargain compared to our last place. See also: bargain, no Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. no bargain n. not an especially good person or thing. This car gets me to work and back, but it’s no bargain. See also: bargain, no McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: tout (someone or something) as tout as vote a split ticket stead hold (someone) in good stead be not what it's cracked up to be no point in (there's) no point (in) (doing something) all it's cracked up to be not what (something) is cracked up to be References in periodicals archive First, when the warrants were written, the parties agreed on their price (as determined by an independent third-party investment banker); thus, there was no bargain element to the warrants' acquisition. Controlled corporation's sale of warrants to subsidiary was not a bargain sale It also is argued valuation of internally generated goodwill is based on "softer" numbers--there is no bargained arm's-length exchange--and is dependent on an ever moving target, the company's current share price. Goodwill accounting: time for an overhaul
随便看	lend your name to something length lengthen out lent Lenten fare leopard leopard cannot change his spots leopard cannot change its spots, a les les jeux sont faits l'esprit de l'escalier less less and less lessen up lesser lesser evil lesser of two evils less is more lesson less said , the better less than less than pleased less than (something) let let a fart