take someone to the cleaners——使人囊中如洗，一貧如洗Martha ： If I were you， I would act justice instead of folding my arms.
Sandra ： If you were in my position ，you woulk do the same.
Martha ： I can't understand. Are you afraid of Joe？。
Sandra ： Well， be once took my husband to the cleaners. He's not someone who should offended.
Note：
cleaners意為洗衣房。洗衣服的時候肯定是要把口袋掏空的。所以。take someone to the cleaners就如同把人帶到洗衣房讓他把兜掏干凈一樣。用來喻指"想辦法讓某人把兜里的錢花光"或"騙走某人所有的錢。
e.g.
Don't ask me to play in a crap game .I don't want to be taken to the cleaners.
別叫我去玩擲骰子賭博。我可不想被掏空腰包。
Sandra ： If you were in my position ，you woulk do the same.
Martha ： I can't understand. Are you afraid of Joe？。
Sandra ： Well， be once took my husband to the cleaners. He's not someone who should offended.
Note：
cleaners意為洗衣房。洗衣服的時候肯定是要把口袋掏空的。所以。take someone to the cleaners就如同把人帶到洗衣房讓他把兜掏干凈一樣。用來喻指"想辦法讓某人把兜里的錢花光"或"騙走某人所有的錢。
e.g.
Don't ask me to play in a crap game .I don't want to be taken to the cleaners.
別叫我去玩擲骰子賭博。我可不想被掏空腰包。