| 词汇 | take to the cleaners |
| 词源 | take to the cleaners. A person defrauded or bilked in a busi- ness deal or a confidence game is said to have been taken to the cleaners. A relatively recent phrase, probably dating back no later than the early 1900s, the words are related to to be cleaned out, an early 19th-century saying that sometimes meant “to be duped of all one’s money” (usually in a card game), but today always means to lose all one’s money. |
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