take someone to the cleaners
把某人榨干；敲詐某人
口語·表示榨干或敲詐
英文釋義
to take advantage of someone, often in a financial sense; to exploit or cheat someone out of their money or possessions
例句
He lost all his savings in that scam; they really took him to the cleaners.
典故來源
源自20世紀初美國俚語，原指在賭博或商業中徹底贏光對方錢財，像把衣服送去干洗一樣榨干。