Some statistics don't lie. It's true 1 in 5 people have dropped a cellphone down the loo, says someone I know, who did! (genuine undoctored picture below)...
I was wrong, someone else told me! "Sar kar" (sah-kah) is not a busybody... such a person is a bootlicker, or more crudely, a "balls carrier"...
Here's how the Coxford Singlish Dictionary explained it:
SAH-KAH
Hokkien term literally meaning "three legs". Meaning sycophancy or buttering someone up, the phrase comes from a rude hand action whereby three fingers are held up to denote supporting someone's genitalia.
"If you don't sah-kah the boss, you won't get your bonus."
http://www.talkingcock.com/html/lexec.php?op=LexLink&lexicon=lexicon&keyword=Sah Kah&page=1
Three-fingered footnote: I tried a combination of three fingers but I just could not mimic the gesture of someone "supporting someone's genitalia". Guess I'm just not cut out to be a sah-kah.
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