Idiom
Dutch reckoning
Meaning
A (falsified) bill that is not itemised, and that is unjustifiably high.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The waiter gave us a Dutch reckoning for the meal.”
“We were shocked by the final total, which looked like a classic Dutch reckoning with no prices listed.”
“The merchant presented a suspicious Dutch reckoning, forcing the traveler to pay a sum far exceeding the actual value of the goods received.”
Examples
simple
“The waiter gave us a Dutch reckoning for the meal.”
contextual
“We were shocked by the final total, which looked like a classic Dutch reckoning with no prices listed.”
complex
“The merchant presented a suspicious Dutch reckoning, forcing the traveler to pay a sum far exceeding the actual value of the goods received.”
Key words
Related idioms
- Updated