daylight robbery

[Kati Svaby]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #329 "English Slang Idioms (50)", question 10

The salary you've got now is ......... robbery -- they surely don't pay you enough for the hard work you do.

(a) moonlight
(b) daylight
(c) flashlight
(d) red light

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #329 "English Slang Idioms (50)", answer 10

The salary you've got now is daylight robbery -- they surely don't pay you enough for the hard work you do.

Correct answer: (b) daylight
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The salary you've got now is daylight robbery -

It means if somebody's payment is too low or a price of an article is too high we say " This is daylight robbery " Am I right?
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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

[Kitosdad]

Yes you are Kati.
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[Kati Svaby]

Thanks Kitosdad,

I wish you and your wife a very happy, successful New Year.

I won't never forget that you was the first coach who wrote me a hopeful letter. Thanks again for it.

Regards:
Kati Svaby
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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

[Kitosdad]

Good morning Kati.

"I WILL never forget that you WERE the first coach TO WRITE me a hopeful letter."

"I WAS the first to write you a hopeful letter."

Subtle differences.
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[Kati Svaby]

Hello Kitosdad,

I am very careless because from the three mistakes I have known two correctly.

1.Never using double negation. /This is a "Hungarism"/
2.After you of course were
3.Perhaps the third is what I have written in this way than I wrote. Is it obligatory to use an infinitive in this case?

Regards:
kati Svaby
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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

[Kitosdad]

Yes it is Kate, although I was only demonstrating the difference in the PERSON.
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Keep it simple ... Keep it interesting.