Here's the deal meaning in English

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Definition

Here's the deal...: Here is what's happening... This is the situation... This is what's going on... idiom

Here's the deal: you're hired, but we have no money to pay you.

Examples

"Listen, here's the deal: I'm calling to say sorry."
"Listen, here's the deal: I'm calling you to say sorry."
"Bruno : Okay Harold, here's the deal: according to this bank statement your payments on this ranch alone are costing you over 50,000 dollars per month."

Exercise 1

Choose all the TRUE statements from the list below.

There may be more than one correct answer!

Warbuckle has multiple properties in the United States.

Warbuckle has recently bought property in Miami.

Bruno offers Warbuckle a business deal.

Altogether, Warbuckle's properties cost him 50,000 dollars per month.

Choose all the TRUE statements from the list below.

There may be more than one correct answer!

Warbuckle has multiple properties in the United States.

This is a true statement. Bruno says to Warbuckle, "I know you have other property all over the country". The word "property" refers to land or buildings owned by someone. When he says, "all over the country" Bruno is stating that Warbuckle has property in many different places across the United States.

Warbuckle has recently bought property in Miami.

This is a true statement. Harold tells Bruno "I just bought a condo in Miami". A "condo", an abbreviation for "condominium", is an apartment within a building complex. These apartments are generally owned (bought and sold), and not rented. The term "property" is used here to refer to land or buildings, but can also describe a possession in general. Example: This book is my property. I own it.

Bruno offers Warbuckle a business deal.

This statement is false. Bruno does say "Okay Harold, here's the deal" but he is not actually offering a business deal to Warbuckle. The word "deal" in this phrase refers to the "situation". The idiom "here's the deal" is synonymous with "this is the situation" or "this is how it is".

Altogether, Warbuckle's properties cost him 50,000 dollars per month.

This statement is false. Bruno tells Warbuckle "your payments on this ranch alone are costing you over 50,000 dollars per month". The term "alone" indicates that Bruno is referring only or exclusively to the cost of Warbuckle's ranch, and not to all of his properties together which cost 50,000 dollars per month.

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