漫天要价

漫天要價

màntiānyàojià

idiom #34,720

Meanings

1 to ask a sky-high price
2 to make exorbitant demands
3 to overcharge outrageously

Characters

to overflow; all over

to demand; to ask for

Examples

这个商贩漫天要价，我们没买就走了。

Zhège shāngfàn màntiānyàojià, wǒmen méi mǎi jiù zǒu le.

This vendor was asking sky-high prices, so we left without buying.

谈判时他漫天要价，就地还钱。

Tánpàn shí tā màntiānyàojià, jiùdì huánqián.

In negotiations he makes exorbitant demands, and the other side counters on the spot.

Tips

usage

Almost always pejorative — implies the seller has no honest basis for the price. Often paired with 就地还钱 (counter-offer at rock-bottom) as a set haggling couplet.

memory

漫天 literally 'filling the sky' — imagine a price tag so big it blots out the sun. Then 要价 = 'demand a price'. A sky-sized ask.

Stroke Order

漫 màn

天 tiān

要 yào

价 jià