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daylight [ˈdeɪlaɪt]* * *['deɪlaɪt] 1.1) ( light) jour m, lumière f du jourin (the) daylight — ( by day) de jour; ( in natural light) à la lumière du jour
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daylight ['deɪlaɪt]∎ before daylight avant l'aube(b) (light of day) jour m, lumière f du jour;∎ it was still daylight il faisait encore jour;∎ in daylight de jour;∎ in broad daylight en plein jour;∎ daylight hours heures durant lesquelles il fait jour;∎ figurative to put daylight between oneself and sb distancer qn;∎ to put daylight between two teams creuser l'écart entre deux équipes;∎ figurative to begin to see daylight (approach end of task) commencer à voir le bout (du tunnel); (begin to understand) commencer à voir clair;∎ familiar it's daylight robbery c'est du vol pur et simple∎ to beat or to thrash or to knock the living daylights out of sb tabasser qn;∎ familiar to scare or to frighten the living daylights out of sb flanquer une trouille bleue à qn►► daylight saving (time) heure f d'été -
5 robbery
∎ robbery with violence vol m avec coups et blessures, specialist term vol m qualifié∎ it's highway or daylight robbery! c'est du vol (organisé)!, c'est de l'arnaque!;∎ it's nothing short of robbery! c'est du vol!
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Daylight Robbery — may refer to: Daylight robbery, an extortionate charge for something; Daylight Robbery (TV series), a 1999 British TV mini series starring Michelle Collins Daylight Robbery (film), a BBC TV documentary (and its sequel) about squirrels, narrated… … Wikipedia
daylight robbery — see under ↑rob1 • • • Main Entry: ↑day daylight robbery Glaring extortion • • • Main Entry: ↑rob * * * daylight robbery UK US noun [uncountable] british … Useful english dictionary
daylight robbery — See: HIGHWAY ROBBERY … Dictionary of American idioms
daylight robbery — See: HIGHWAY ROBBERY … Dictionary of American idioms
daylight robbery — UK US noun [U] UK (US highway robbery) ► a situation in which someone is charged a price that is much too high: »The banks should not be able to get away with this daylight robbery … Financial and business terms
daylight robbery — If you are overcharged or underpaid, it is a daylight robbery; open, unfair and hard to prevent. Rip off has a similar meaning … The small dictionary of idiomes
daylight robbery — noun uncount BRITISH SPOKEN HIGHWAY ROBBERY … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
daylight robbery — ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ blatant and unfair overcharging … English terms dictionary
daylight robbery — If you are overcharged or underpad, s a dayght robbery; open, unfar and hard to prevent. Rp off has a sar meanng. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** The term daylight robbery is used when the price of something is thought to be much too… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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