[tō] kaha kē
1. you've got a nerve, you've got a cheek, that's not on, shame on you, you're a dick - sometimes used as an idiom to criticise someone's actions.
Pare: Anei ā tāua rare - nāku i tango mai i ngā tamariki rā. Rangi: Tō kaha kē! (HKK 1999:84). / Pare: Here are our sweets - I took them from those children. Rangi: Shame on you!
Tō koutou kaha kē ki te mātakitaki noa atu i te kuia rā e hauhake ana i ana taewa (HKK 1999:84). / Shame on you just watching that elderly woman harvesting her potatoes.
Te kaha kē o Pukupā ki te pati moni i te wahine e hia kē nei ana tamariki (HKK 1999:84). / Pukupā has got a nerve begging money from that woman who has so many children.
