be taken to the cleaners

There's also a feeling that if they click then the Wallabies - shorn again of the wonderful Rob Valetini in their back row - will be taken to the cleaners.

In my eagerness to please, I accidentally complimented chipped baseboards and sacks of laundry waiting to be taken to the cleaners.

If you become a trader thinking you’re going to be an instant millionaire, your portfolio is going to be taken to the cleaners over time.

They included quips such as: “You won’t be taken to the cleaners … if your driving is spotless.”

“But I’m certainly not going to allow the people of New Jersey to be taken to the cleaners by New York.”