食sik6夾gaap3棍gwan3

English

1. to take a profit from both sides of a deal, often through trickery; to suffer an attack from both sides
2. even dealer and player have the same points of tiles, the dealer have a privilege to win; a rule from pai gow tilesunreviewed?
3. to suffer from a torturing instrument that pinch the fingers or legs from both side; literally, to eat torture stick ----unreviewed?
4. figuratively, persons with higher social position to take others' benefit forcefullyunreviewed?
5. figuratively means to doublecross; to benefit from both sides in a deal as a middleman; as an agent to deceive the seller and buyer and earn unethical money on both sideunreviewed?
6. to cheat, to falsify accounts, to appropriate public funds for personal use, from a fellowship or from a business built up by buddiesunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 當莊家同閒家嘅牌點數相同果陣，莊家贏閒家，類似通殺unreviewed?
2. 夾棍係以前審犯用嘅刑具，一排木條夾住每隻手指或兩支木棍夾住腿部，用繩捆住，兩邊一齊拉扯造成劇痛。unreviewed?
3. 引申指借權勢強行侵佔人哋利益，類似欺壓unreviewed?
4. 引伸指中間人兩頭獲利，尤指以瞞騙買賣雙方嘅方法去賺兩面錢，類似食兩家茶禮unreviewed?
5. 騙取錢財、做假帳、挪用公款（類似穿櫃桶底, 落格）unreviewed?

Examples

• unreviewed?

  莊家食夾棍，你同佢點數一樣都係輸。

  The dealer wins in case of a tie, so even if you have the same points, you will lose. ----

• unreviewed?

  我同佢咁好兄弟，估唔到會食我夾棍。

  I thought we are good fellows, I didn't expect he would cheat me.

• unreviewed?

  賣家開個價原來無咁高架，我哋俾個經紀從中食夾棍喇。

  I have discovered the seller has never set such a high selling price, the agent had deceived us to earn unethical money.

• unreviewed?

  我哋兩個都係議員，但佢係主席就話晒事，依家明食我夾棍，唔服又可以點？

  We are both councilors, but he, being the chairman, makes all final decisions. He's taking advantage of me now, and I refuse to accept it, but what can I do? ----