take to the cleaners

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through overcharging, litigation, unfavorable investing, gambling, fraud, etc. idiomatic,slang
    — “That’s not the idea. These people you want taken to the cleaners were friends of yours yesterday. Maybe they will be friends again next week. I don’t care about that. But I’m not playing politics for you.[…]
  2. To thrash someone. idiomatic,slang
    — One more time, mate, I'll take you to the fuckin' cleaners!

词形变化

takes to the cleaners present,singular,third-person taking to the cleaners participle,present took to the cleaners past taken to the cleaners participle,past take to the cleaner's alternative

词源

A humorous alteration of the older expression to clean (someone) out.
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