Today I was reminded of a swear phrase in Cantonese. The most literal usage I heard of it was when Malaysia first printed its own paper currency, bearing the image of a late Agong, instead of one of QEII, as Malaya used to be a British colony. A person seeing this paper money for the first time complained: say yan tau (dead man's head) money! I think he didn't like the design or something, but I forget.
As a swear phrase it's only moderate, used to express disfavour or unhappiness with some thing or situation. It's mentioned in this collection.
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