take to the cleaners

take to the cleaners
жарг.
1) (smb.) обчистить, обобрать кого-л.; ≈ ободрать как липку [первонач. амер.]

He trusted a partner who took him to the cleaners good and proper. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Screaming Woman’, ch. 5) — Отец доверял компаньону, а тот ободрал его как липку.

I'll call Tom Watson about the title deed. Damn it, Ethan, it's a bad time. I want to take a little trip tomorrow night. If it is true and he's a crook, you could be taken. Taken to the cleaners. (J. Steinbeck, ‘The Winter of Our Discontent’, part II, ch. XIII) — Я постараюсь узнать насчет накладных у Тома Уотсона. Черт возьми, Итен, очень все это не ко времени. Я сам хочу завтра уехать отдохнуть до вторника. А если Марулло и в самом деле жулик, вы можете крепко влипнуть.

2) (smb. или smth.) обрушиться на кого-л. или на что-л., резко критиковать кого-л. или что-л., устроить разнос

We... heard the recently fired captain Atkins take the Atomic Energy Authority to the cleaners over their marine nuclear policy. (‘Listener’, Suppl) — Мы... слышали, что недавно уволенный капитан Аткинс обрушился на днях на Комиссию по атомной энергии. Он недоволен ее отношением к оснащению военно-морского флота ядерным оружием.

I hoped Mr Carr might... start taken the apprenticeship system to the cleaners. (‘Listener’, Suppl) — Я ждал, что мистер Карр... начнет разносить нашу систему профессионального образования.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • take to the cleaners — ► take to the cleaners informal 1) defraud of a large portion of money or resources. 2) inflict a crushing defeat on. Main Entry: ↑cleaner …   English terms dictionary

  • take to the cleaners — take (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 …   New idioms dictionary

  • take to the cleaners — take (someone) to the cleaners informal : to get all or most of someone s money or possessions usually in a dishonest or unfair way I heard that his ex wife really took him to the cleaners [=cleaned him out] in the divorce. • • • Main Entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • take to the cleaners — 1) win all someone s money He went to Las Vegas and was taken to the cleaners by the card dealers. 2) (smb) take all of someone s money or cheat someone He was taken to the cleaners when he decided to buy the series of books from the salesman.… …   Idioms and examples

  • take to the cleaners — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To win all the money another person has (as in poker). * /Watch out if you play poker with Joe; he ll take you to the cleaners./ 2. To cheat a person out of his money and possessions by means of a crooked business… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take to the cleaners — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To win all the money another person has (as in poker). * /Watch out if you play poker with Joe; he ll take you to the cleaners./ 2. To cheat a person out of his money and possessions by means of a crooked business… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take\ to\ the\ cleaners — v. phr. slang 1. To win all the money another person has (as in poker). Watch out if you play poker with Joe; he ll take you to the cleaners. 2. To cheat a person out of his money and possessions by means of a crooked business transaction or… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • take to the cleaners —    If someone is taken to the cleaners, they lose a lot of money in an unfair way, usually by being robbed or cheated.     When the company Tom had invested in went bankrupt, he realized he had been taken to the cleaners …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • take to the cleaners — verb To take a significant quantity of a persons money or valuables, through gambling, unfavorable investing, fraud, litigation, etc. The judge took me to the cleaners in the divorce ruling …   Wiktionary

  • take to the cleaners —    to rob or cheat    The process thoroughly removes all surplus matter:     Dantzler s sporting a new Ferrari, braggin on the street how he took some cowboy to the cleaners. (Diehl, 1978) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • take to the cleaners — idi+sts Slang. to take all the money or property of …   From formal English to slang


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