| rip-off | <i>n i>(<i> colloqi>) <i>act of charging too much,i> cekik darah: <i>they charged you twenty dollars for that?. What a ~!,i> mereka mengenakan dua puluh ringgit utk itu?. Cekik darah betul!. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| daylight robbery | <i>n i> (<i>colloqi>), (men)cekik darah: <i>six ringgit for a cup of coffee is ~,i> enam ringgit utk secawan kopi mencekik darah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| extortion | <i>ni> 1. <i>crime of obtaining (<i>moneyi>) by force etc,i> pemerasan: <i>he faces three charges of ~,i> dia menghadapi tiga tuduhan melakukan pemerasan; 2. <i>act of obtainingi> (<i>confesion, promise, etci>) <i>by use of force,i> pemaksaan; 3. (<i>derogi>) <i>robbery,i> (perbuatan) cekik darah: <i>twenty dollars for this? That’s ~!,i> dua puluh dolar utk ini? Cekik darah betul!. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| hands | crawl on o’s ~ and knees, merangkak; get o’s ~ on, a. obtain, mendapat: <i>do you know where I can get my ~ on an original batik painting?,i> anda tahu di mana saya boleh mendapat lukisan batik yg tulen?; b. <i>get near enough to seize, hit, etc,i> menangkap: <i>if I get my ~ on the thief, I’ll strangle him,i> jika saya dapat menangkap pencuri itu saya akan cekik dia; be good with o’s ~, pandai membuat kerja tangan; have o’s ~ full, <i>be very busy,i> sangat sibuk: <i>at the end of term teachers will have their ~ full with the correction of papers, writing of reports and the like,i> pd hujung penggal, guru-guru sangat sibuk menyemak kertas peperiksaan, menulis laporan dan sebagainya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |