I would like to add an example but it deviates quite a bit from the original formula, so I'm not sure if it completely fits the trope's definition.
The phrase consists in the "counter-request" not being an absurd request by the second person, but is actually a snarky suggestion asking the first person if they want to up their request. This is a French stock phrase which consists in answering an unreasonable demand by retorting "do you also want 100 bucks and a Mars barFor American readersNot the candy sold in the US under this name, but a similar treat renamed "Milky Way" there?" ("tu veux pas non plus cent balles et un Mars?"). This is also a sort of inversion, as the mock suggestion (some money and a candy bar) is relatively mundane. There's a cruder variation which literally translates as "a blowjob and a Mars bar" ("une pipe et un mars").
This is not an example from a specific work, but a real life stock phrase. I'm also asking to make sure "In real life, [language X] has a stock phrase which is an example of the trope: [translation of said stock phrase]" is considered as a valid example instead of something too generic.
I would like to add an example but it deviates quite a bit from the original formula, so I'm not sure if it completely fits the trope's definition.
- The phrase consists in the "counter-request" not being an absurd request by the second person, but is actually a snarky suggestion asking the first person if they want to up their request. This is a French stock phrase which consists in answering an unreasonable demand by retorting "do you also want 100 bucks and a Mars barFor American readers?" ("tu veux pas non plus cent balles et un Mars?"). This is also a sort of inversion, as the mock suggestion (some money and a candy bar) is relatively mundane. There's a cruder variation which literally translates as "a blowjob and a Mars bar" ("une pipe et un mars").
- This is not an example from a specific work, but a real life stock phrase. I'm also asking to make sure "In real life, [language X] has a stock phrase which is an example of the trope: [translation of said stock phrase]" is considered as a valid example instead of something too generic.
Edited by Psychopompos007