| 单词 | to take to the cleaners |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (someone) to the cleaners 2. Slang phrase to take (someone) to the cleaners: (a) to take away, or defraud of, all someone's money; so to go, send, to the cleaners (originally U.S.); (b) to criticize strongly. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle defraud1362 deceivec1380 plucka1500 lurch1530 defeata1538 souse1545 lick1548 wipe1549 fraud1563 use1564 cozen1573 nick1576 verse1591 rooka1595 trim1600 skelder1602 firk1604 dry-shave1620 fiddle1630 nose1637 foista1640 doa1642 sharka1650 chouse1654 burn1655 bilk1672 under-enter1692 sharp1699 stick1699 finger1709 roguea1714 fling1749 swindle1773 jink1777 queer1778 to do over1781 jump1789 mace1790 chisel1808 slang1812 bucket1819 to clean out1819 give it1819 to put in the hole1819 ramp1819 sting1819 victimize1839 financier1840 gum1840 snakea1861 to take down1865 verneuk1871 bunco1875 rush1875 gyp1879 salt1882 daddle1883 work1884 to have (one) on toast1886 slip1890 to do (a person) in the eye1891 sugar1892 flay1893 to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895 con1896 pad1897 screw1900 short-change1903 to do in1906 window dress1913 ream1914 twist1914 clean1915 rim1918 tweedle1925 hype1926 clip1927 take1927 gazump1928 yentz1930 promote1931 to take (someone) to the cleaners1932 to carve up1933 chizz1948 stiff1950 scam1963 to rip off1969 to stitch up1970 skunk1971 to steal (someone) blind1974 diddle- 1932 Flynn's 28 May 49/2 I dropped the biggest wager I had ever made on anything... That sent me to the cleaners, wiped out. 1949 H. MacLennan Precipice i. 71 He..had..played several more sets of tennis with him. He had taken Carl to the cleaner's this time. 1950 R. Chandler Simple Art of Murder 19 I'm in a jam. But I'm not going to the cleaners... Half of this money is mine. 1961 Guardian 13 Sept. 8/3 Many a gilded youth..has been ‘taken to the cleaners’ once too often at midnight parties. 1963 Listener 14 Feb. 308/3 I hoped Mr Carr might round on Mr Cousins and start taking the apprenticeship system to the cleaners. 1963 Listener 7 Mar. 436/1 We..heard the recently fired Captain Atkins take the Atomic Energy Authority to the cleaners over their marine nuclear policy. < as lemmas |
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