- daylight robbery
- UK / US
noun [uncountable] British spoken
used for saying that you think something is much too expensive
I'm not paying that much. It's daylight robbery!
English dictionary. 2014.
daylight robbery
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daylight robbery — See: HIGHWAY ROBBERY … Dictionary of American idioms
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daylight robbery — N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you can refer to this as daylight robbery. [BRIT, INFORMAL] Daylight robbery that s what it is, she would declare … English dictionary
daylight robbery — British, American & Australian, American & Australian a situation in which you are charged much more for something than you think you should have to pay. Three pounds for an orange juice? It s daylight robbery! … New idioms dictionary
