-
1 take someone to the cleaners
expr1) infmlThe dice players took me to the cleaners. Six hundred bucks gone — Эти парни обыграли меня в пух и прах. Шестисот баксов как не бывало
2) infml esp BrEIf we don't make any profit this year the people we owe money to will take us to the cleaners — Если в этом году у нас не будет прибыли, то люди, которым мы должны, сделают нас банкротами
3) infml esp AmELook at the height they've got! They'll take us to the cleaners — Посмотри, какой у них рост. Они запросто нас обыграют
4) AmE slThere was a real rough guy there who threatened to take me to the cleaners if I didn't cooperate — Там был один крутой парень, который пригрозил применить ко мне физические меры воздействия, если я не соглашусь
The punk said he'd take anyone who interfered to the cleaners — Хулиган пригрозил изувечить любого, кто попытается вмешаться
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > take someone to the cleaners
См. также в других словарях:
take someone to the cleaners — 1. tv. to ake 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. 2. tv. to defeat or best someone. □ We took… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show — Boris Natasha redirects here. For the movie by that name, see Boris and Natasha: The Movie. This article is about the television series. For the video game, see The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (video game). For the 2000 movie,… … Wikipedia
The Lemonheads — Infobox musical artist Name = The Lemonheads Img capt = The Lemonheads at Shepherd s Bush Empire, photo courtesy of Stuart Goodwin Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Boston, United States Genre = Punk rock… … Wikipedia
List of The League of Gentlemen characters — This article contains a list of the numerous characters featured in various media by the British comedy troupe known as The League of Gentlemen. All of the characters were created by the troupe, who are Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton… … Wikipedia
List of characters in The League of Gentlemen — This article contains a list of the numerous characters featured in various media by the British comedy troupe known as The League of Gentlemen . All of the characters were created by the troupe, who are Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton … Wikipedia
Tomas Brolin — Football player infobox playername = Tomas Brolin fullname = Per Tomas Brolin nickname = Brolle dateofbirth = birth date and age|1969|11|29 cityofbirth = Hudiksvall countryofbirth = Sweden height = height|m=1.78 currentclub = position = Striker,… … Wikipedia
Vasai — Infobox Indian Jurisdiction native name = Vasai | type = city | latd = 19.47 | longd = 72.8 locator position = right | state name = Maharashtra district = Thane leader title = leader name = altitude = 11 population as of = population total =… … Wikipedia
Ramakrishna — Infobox Hindu leader name= Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa caption = Ramakrishna at Dakshineshwar birth date= birth date|1836|2|18|mf=y birth place= Kamarpukur, West Bengal, India birth name= Gadadhar Chattopadhyay death date= death date and… … Wikipedia
Citroën 2CV — Manufacturer Citroën Production 1948–1990 [1] … Wikipedia
Chevrolet Caprice — 1976 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Landau Coupe Manufacturer Chevrolet (1964 1996) Holden (2011 present) Production … Wikipedia
Australian and New Zealand punting glossary — This page is about the Australian English usage of punting, for other uses of punting see punt and punter .The Australian and New Zealand punting glossary explains some of the terms, jargon and slang which are commonly used and heard on… … Wikipedia