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粵語辭叢

食兩家茶禮

sik6 loeng5 gaa1 caa4 faan6included in 1 dictionaries
sik6 loeng5 gaa1 caa4 lai5included in 1 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongPhrase
Jyutping:
sik6 loeng5 gaa1 caa4 lai5
sik6 loeng5 gaa1 caa4 faan6

Original phonetic: sik6 loeng5 gaa1 caa4 lai5

原本係指女家接受兩家人嘅#茶禮(聘禮),引申指靠欺詐隱瞞,兩面逢源 (to benefit from two sides by cheating; literally, to eat tea gifts from two families)

動詞

Examples

班工人居然日日去兩個地盤簽到,食兩家茶禮!

baan1 gung1 jan4 geoi1 jin4 jat6 jat6 heoi3 loeng5 go3 dei6 pun4 cim1 dou3, sik6 loeng5 gaa1 caa4 lai5!

Those workers are signing in at two construction sites every day and get paid twice! How dare they!