The creeps tried to bleed me white.
•Richard got a picture of Fred and Joan together and tried to bleed both of them dry by threatening to show it to their spouses.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
bleed someone dry — bleed (someone) dry to take someone s money until most or all of it has gone. Repayments on the new furniture were bleeding me dry … New idioms dictionary
bleed someone dry — (or white) drain someone of all money or resources the railroads claimed that personnel costs were bleeding them dry … Useful english dictionary
bleed someone dry — bleed (someone/something) dry to use up everything someone or something has available. The city is losing money at a rate that eventually will bleed it dry. I m worried that the medical bills will bleed my parents dry. Etymology: based on the… … New idioms dictionary
bleed someone dry — Go to bleed someone white … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
bleed someone dry — informal drain of money or resources. → bleed … English new terms dictionary
bleed something dry — bleed (someone/something) dry to use up everything someone or something has available. The city is losing money at a rate that eventually will bleed it dry. I m worried that the medical bills will bleed my parents dry. Etymology: based on the… … New idioms dictionary
bleed someone white — AND bleed someone dry tv. to take all of someone’s money; to extort money from someone. (See also bleed.) □ The creeps tried to bleed me white. □ Frank got some picture of Fred and Paul together and tried to bleed both of them dry … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
bleed — [ blid ] (past tense and past participle bled [ bled ] ) verb * ▸ 1 when blood flows out ▸ 2 when color spreads ▸ 3 make someone pay money ▸ 4 take liquid/gas from something ▸ 5 take blood from someone 1. ) intransitive to have blood flowing from … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bleed dry — bleed (someone) dry to take someone s money until most or all of it has gone. Repayments on the new furniture were bleeding me dry … New idioms dictionary
bleed dry — If you bleed someone dry, you extract all their available money from them … The small dictionary of idiomes
bleed */ — UK [bliːd] / US [blɪd] verb Word forms bleed : present tense I/you/we/they bleed he/she/it bleeds present participle bleeding past tense bled UK [bled] / US past participle bled 1) [intransitive] to have blood flowing from your body, for example… … English dictionary
