BARGAIN FOR / ON STH


Meaning of BARGAIN FOR / ON STH in English

(usually in negative sentences) to expect sth to happen and be prepared for it :

We hadn't bargained for this sudden change in the weather.

When he agreed to answer a few questions, he got more than he bargained for (= he got more questions, or more difficult ones, than he had expected) .

[+ -ing ]

I didn't bargain on finding them here as well.

I hadn't bargained on them being here.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.