The Godfather: I’m Gonna Make Him an Offer he Can’t Refuse | Idiom Meaning | Origin

This may be the most famous movie line of all time: “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.“ That’s Marlin Brando as Don Vito Corleone, speaking to singer Johnny Fontaine, his godson, and any Godfather fan knows this quote well. It is generally accepted that this phrase, now an English idiom, was coined in the original 1969 novel, The Godfather, by Mario Puzzo.