单词 | take a bath |
释义 | take a bathSEE SYNONYMS FOR take a bath ON THESAURUS.COM Experience serious financial loss, as in The company took a bath investing in that new product. This idiom, which originated in gambling, transfers washing oneself in a bathtub to being “cleaned out” financially. [Slang; first half of 1900s] Words nearby take a bathTakayasu's disease, Takayasu's syndrome, take, take aback, take a back seat, take a bath, take a bow, take a break, take account of, take a chance, take a crack at The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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