kombi
/ˈkɒmbi
/ /ˈkʊmbi/(also combi)
noun (plural kombis) South African
A minibus, especially one used to transport passengers commercially.We would always stay in Kuta and take the combi down to Padang Padang or Uluwatu or go outward from there....
- Assistant coach Andre Human drove our kombi, chief coach Kobus van der Merwe electing to sit at the back.
- Earlier last week, she saw two Welfare department kombis picking up workers at Hemingway's casino.
Origin
From Volkswagen's proprietary name, abbreviation of German Kombiwagen 'combination car'.
- between a rock and a hard place
- between jobs
- between ourselves (or you and me)
- between the devil and the deep blue sea
- between you and me and the bedpost (or the gatepost or the wall)
- between you and me and the gatepost
- between you and me and the wall
- be twice the man/woman (that someone is)
- betwixt
- betwixt and between
- be two a penny
- be two (or ten) a penny
- beun
- be unable to believe one's eyes (or ears)
- be unable to hear oneself think
- be unable to (or be hardly able to) believe one's luck
- be unable to punch one's way out of a paper bag
- be unable to see the wood (or the forest) for the trees
- be under no illusion (or illusions)
- be under the illusion that
- be up shit creek
- be up shit creek (also be up shit creek without a paddle)
- be up the creek
- be up with the lark
- beurre blanc