Paying ten dollars for a small bottle of water is daylight robbery.
daylight robbery
idiomThe practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.
Origin
disputed originFrom daylight + robbery, originally used literally to refer to robbery occurring in the daytime rather than at night, which was thought to be more audacious or risky.
The hotel charged us fifty dollars for parking, which felt like absolute daylight robbery.
The sudden increase in subscription fees for a service that offers no new features is nothing short of daylight robbery.
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burn daylight
To waste time.
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highway robbery
Excessive or exorbitant prices.
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put daylight between oneself and someone
To increase or create distance or difference between people or objects.
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see daylight
To reach an understanding of something previously obscure; to arrive at a solution to a problem.