英语词汇“take someone to the cleaners”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

Idiom

take someone to the cleaners

Theme: ATTACK

to fleece, abuse, or damage someone. (Slang.)

There was a real rough guy there who threatened to take me to the cleaners if I didn't cooperate.The crook said he'd take anybody who interfered to the cleaners.

Slang

take someone to the cleaners

Theme: LOSS

tr. to take all of someone's money.

The lawyers took the insurance company to the cleaners, but I still didn't get enough to pay for my losses.The con artists took the old man to the cleaners.

Theme: OVERWHELM

tr. to defeat or best someone.

We took the other team to the cleaners.Look at the height they've got! They'll take us to the cleaners!

take (one) to the cleaners

1. To cheat or swindle one for a lot or all of their money. Despite its meaning, the phrase as used often does not refer to actual cheating. It was my first time playing poker at the casino, and the more experienced players definitely took me to the cleaners. The con man made a living taking people to the cleaners with his scams.

2. To soundly defeat or best one; to succeed over one by a wide margin. This young team is taking the veteran squad to the cleaners tonight.

take someone to the cleaners

INFORMAL

If someone takes you to the cleaners, they make you lose a lot of money in an unfair or dishonest way. The feeling among many experts is that the price he paid was excessive. It sounds like he got taken to the cleaners. Just for a change, the insurers discovered that they had been taken to the cleaners. Note: This developed from the expression `to clean someone out', which has been used since the 19th century. People say that they have been `cleaned out' when they have lost all their money and valuables, for example through being robbed or cheated.

take someone to the cleaners

1 take all of someone's money or possessions in a dishonest or unfair way. 2 inflict a crushing defeat on someone.

take someone to the cleaners

1. tv. to take all of someone’s money. The lawyers took the insurance company to the cleaners, but I still didn’t get enough to pay for my losses.

2. tv. to defeat or best someone. Look at the height they’ve got! They’ll take us to the cleaners!

词汇	take someone to the cleaners
释义	Idiom take someone to the cleaners Theme: ATTACK to fleece, abuse, or damage someone. (Slang.) There was a real rough guy there who threatened to take me to the cleaners if I didn't cooperate.The crook said he'd take anybody who interfered to the cleaners. Slang take someone to the cleaners Theme: LOSS tr. to take all of someone's money. The lawyers took the insurance company to the cleaners, but I still didn't get enough to pay for my losses.The con artists took the old man to the cleaners. Theme: OVERWHELM tr. to defeat or best someone. We took the other team to the cleaners.Look at the height they've got! They'll take us to the cleaners! Idiom take someone to the cleanerstake (someone) to the cleaners to cheat someone of money. Some people say the company took them to the cleaners by charging double for some services. take (one) to the cleaners 1. To cheat or swindle one for a lot or all of their money. Despite its meaning, the phrase as used often does not refer to actual cheating. It was my first time playing poker at the casino, and the more experienced players definitely took me to the cleaners. The con man made a living taking people to the cleaners with his scams. 2. To soundly defeat or best one; to succeed over one by a wide margin. This young team is taking the veteran squad to the cleaners tonight. take someone to the cleaners INFORMAL If someone takes you to the cleaners, they make you lose a lot of money in an unfair or dishonest way. The feeling among many experts is that the price he paid was excessive. It sounds like he got taken to the cleaners. Just for a change, the insurers discovered that they had been taken to the cleaners. Note: This developed from the expression `to clean someone out', which has been used since the 19th century. People say that they have been `cleaned out' when they have lost all their money and valuables, for example through being robbed or cheated. take someone to the cleaners 1 take all of someone's money or possessions in a dishonest or unfair way. 2 inflict a crushing defeat on someone. take someone to the cleaners 1. tv. to take all of someone’s money. The lawyers took the insurance company to the cleaners, but I still didn’t get enough to pay for my losses. 2. tv. to defeat or best someone. Look at the height they’ve got! They’ll take us to the cleaners!
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