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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
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2 take (someone) to the cleaners
Сленг: обокрасть, обчистить, обобрать вчистую (или самому все потерять, например, за карточным столом)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > take (someone) to the cleaners
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3 take to the cleaners
1) Общая лексика: обчистить до нитки, ободрать как липку2) Сленг: (someone) обокрасть, (someone) обчистить, (someone) обобрать вчистую (или самому все потерять, например, за карточным столом), победить, превзойти (кого-л.) -
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To take someone to the cleaners — это значит украсть всё, что есть у кого-либо, ободрать как липку. Это выражение появилось не так давно и относилось к рабочим на бойне, которые обрабатывали туши. Возможно, имеются в виду также и химчистки: в прежние времена одежда стиралась только дома.He would very much like to divorce Natasha, but he is afraid that, with the help of an experienced lawyer, she'll take him to the cleaners. — Он очень хотел бы развестись с Наташей, но боится, что с помощью опытного адвоката она обдерёт его как липку.
См. также в других словарях:
take someone 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 someone to the cleaners — If someone is taken to the cleaners, they are cheated, defrauded or lose a lot of money … The small dictionary of idiomes
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
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take someone to the cleaners — informal 1》 unscrupulously take all someone s money or possessions. 2》 inflict a crushing defeat on someone. → cleaner … English new terms dictionary
take someone to the cleaners — informal 1) to take a lot of someone s money, usually by treating them unfairly or dishonestly 2) to defeat a person or team completely … English dictionary
take (someone) to the cleaners — Vrb phrs. To swindle someone of their money or possessions … English slang and colloquialisms
take (someone) to the cleaners — Vrb phrs. To swindle someone of their money or possessions … English slang and colloquialisms
take sb to the cleaners — INFORMAL ► to get a lot of money from someone, especially by cheating them: »They got taken to the cleaners by a dishonest contractor. Main Entry: ↑the cleaners … Financial and business terms
take someone to the cleaners — … Useful english 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