Name: English Tutor Nick P Noun Phrase (111) Highway Robbery
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and  this is Noun Phrase 111. The noun phrase today is

highway robbery. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. If someone says that

something is highway robbery,  it means that the price is excessively high .Like

way too high. As though one was being robbed.  Almost ... you almost feel like you're being

robbed. That's how high the prices are.  All right. Let's continue here. The origin

of the phrase highway robbery goes back to former times,  especially during the 16

and 1700s. It might have been a bit before that too.  I mean you could

probably think you're going all the way back to like Robin Hood's time. Where you

know they robbed stagecoaches. When many highwaymen often robbed stage coaches,

especially the rich. When they were traveling somewhere. They'd hide. They

come out. They would rob them all. So this is what we mean by highway robbery. So

this is where the phrase comes from.  All right. Good and we have three

examples here. So let's take a look at the examples.  I am NOT going to pay that

price. That is highway robbery.  Meaning no way. That's way too expensive.

Or here number two. The prices that these scalpers are demanding for those tickets

are highway robbery. Yeah. Maybe somebody very,  very popular you know,  the scalpers

go out there and they buy them beforetime.  They try to resell them and get a ... make a

profit. You know,  get a nice profit margin.  So that's what we would say. So and a lot

of people really don't like scalpers very much. So they might even consider

them more like what they're doing that's just highway robbery. That's too much.  Now

maybe it's who knows ? How many more times ?  Five times,  ten times the original price.

All right and number three here. The prices for houses in that neighborhood are

highway robbery.  Okay good. Anyway I hope you got it. I hope it was