1. he’s got a nerve, she’s got a nerve, how dare she/he - an idiom.
Pare: I rongo anō koe kua hoki mai te rōia nāna i whānako ngā moni a te marae? Rangi: Tana hia pai kē ki te hoki pēnei mai (HKK 1999:82). / Pare: Did you hear that the lawyer who stole the marae's money has returned? Rangi: He's got a nerve to come back here.
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