Name: English Tutor Nick P Idioms (221) Take Someone to the Cleaners
Uploaded: 2019-06-29T14:00:22.000Z
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Hi  this is Tutor Nick P and  this is Idioms 221.  The idiom today is to take someone

to the cleaners. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. If someone takes

another person to the cleaners,  he or she takes someone's money or possessions in

a dishonest or unfair way or at least that's the way we feel about it.

It probably alludes to the idea that you know , like you yes when you take your

clothes to the cleaners they got to clean out your pockets. So they probably are

taking all your money or possessions. If you left anything there you shouldn't.

All right but anyway let's let's continue here. Example number one. His wife hired a

good lawyer or his ex-wife hired a good lawyer and she really took him to the

cleaners. She got the house the car and most of the valuables , and he still has

to pay her alimony. So this would be a typical way that we might say it . You

often hear this like with divorces. Maybe if the wife gets a good lawyer, she took the

husband to the cleaners. So he really you know,  he didn't end up with much. She was

lucky she got most of it. Okay.  Let's look at number two. That con artist

took this company to the cleaners. He pretended to fall and injure himself in

one of their stores and sued them for a fortune. So of course , this is illegal.

This goes under you know,  insurance fraud,  basically,  but it does happen. Sometimes

we hear about this and you know,  so he pretended to get hurt. And he took the

company took the cleaners. He sued them for a lot of money. All right. So this is

typically the way we hear it used. Anyway,  I hope you got it.  I hope it's clear.