taken to the cleaners
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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.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025
Not only did customers of outfits like brokers FTX and Voyager, and stablecoin TerraUSD/Luna, get taken to the cleaners, the currency at the heart of the bubble, bitcoin, lost around two-thirds of its value.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2023
“We can get taken to the cleaners in a major hurry if we are not careful with this.”
From Reuters • Jan. 10, 2020
The message to the gulf leaders, an official said, is that the cacophony of paid voices “is ham-handed, and they’re being taken to the cleaners by those guys.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2017
In my eagerness to please, I accidentally complimented chipped baseboards and sacks of laundry waiting to be taken to the cleaners.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
