bleed

Related to bleed: Bleed Valve, Nose bleed

(one's) heart bleeds for (someone)

One feels sorrow or sadness for someone who is experiencing hardships. The phrase can also be said sarcastically to mean the opposite. My heart just bleeds for Nathan—his mom died unexpectedly last week. Yeah, yeah, my heart bleeds for you that you didn't get a full eight hours sleep. Meanwhile, I was up at 3 AM with a screaming toddler.
See also: bleed, heart

bleed (someone or something) dry

To take all of the resources that another person or thing has available. This phrase is often applied to money. Paying for my kids' education is just bleeding me dry. I hope I'll still be able to retire one day! Overhead costs are bleeding our business dry. We need to come up with a different way of doing things.
See also: bleed, dry

bleed (someone) white

To take all of the money that another person has, often through blackmail. The maid bled her famous employer white until he could no longer pay her the hush money.
See also: bleed, white

bleed for (someone or something)

1. To acutely feel another person's emotional pain along with them. My mother is a crying mess whenever she watches the news because she just bleeds for any victim of a tragedy.
2. To support something so passionately as to accept pain and suffering on its behalf. I know this is an unpopular cause, and I am willing to bleed for it—let's go to the protest!
See also: bleed

bleed from (somewhere)

To lose blood from an injured part of the body. After the car accident, the driver was dazed and bleeding from the head. The patient is bleeding from the abdomen—he needs surgery right away.
See also: bleed

bleed like a (stuck) pig

To bleed profusely. Your hand is still bleeding like a stuck pig—it's time to go to the emergency room!
See also: bleed, like, pig

bleed out

1. To die from blood loss. If we don't get him to a hospital soon, he's going to bleed out right here on the road!
2. To drain some or all the blood from a person or animal. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "bleed" and "out." It is important to bleed the pig out before it is butchered. Doctors used to use leeches to bleed out their patients, thinking they could help get rid of "bad" blood.
3. To drain something of all or nearly all of some substance. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "bleed" and "out." If air gets trapped in your radiator, you'll need to bleed it out to get the heat circulating properly again.
4. To lose large amounts of some resource very quickly. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "bleed" and "out." The company has been bleeding out money for the past year, so it seems doubtful they'll survive much longer. Our country has been bleeding talented workers out ever since this recession began, which is going to make it that much harder for our economy to recover.
See also: bleed, out

bleed the lizard

vulgar slang To urinate, said of or by a male. After my third cup of coffee, I really had to go bleed the lizard.
See also: bleed, lizard

bleed to death

To die due to losing excessive amounts of blood. If we don't get this patient into surgery right away, he is going to bleed to death from internal injuries.
See also: bleed, death

nosebleed seat

A seat very high up in a stadium or theater, as for a sporting event, musical performance, play, etc., which typically costs less money but has a restricted view. "Nosebleed" refers jocularly to the effects of extremely high altitudes on the body, which can often cause nasal hemorrhaging, among other symptoms. I wish you wouldn't be so stingy when you're buying tickets. I'm sick of watching football games in the nosebleed seats! I waited too long to get tickets to the concert, so all that was left was a nosebleed seat way in the back.
See also: nosebleed, seat

the nosebleed section

A seating area very high up in a stadium or theater, as for a sporting event, musical performance, play, etc., which typically costs less money but has a restricted view. "Nosebleed" refers jocularly to the effects of extremely high altitudes on the body, which can often cause nasal hemorrhaging, among other symptoms. I wish you wouldn't be so stingy when you're buying tickets. I'm sick of watching football games up in the nosebleed section! I waited too long to get tickets to the concert, so all that was left was a seat in the nosebleed section way in the back.
See also: nosebleed, section

the nosebleeds

A seating area very high up in a stadium or theater, as for a sporting event, musical performance, play, etc., which typically costs less money but has a restricted view. "Nosebleed" refers jocularly to the effects of extremely high altitudes on the body, which can often cause nasal hemorrhaging, among other symptoms. I wish you wouldn't be so stingy when you're buying tickets. I'm sick of watching football games up in the nosebleeds! I waited too long to get tickets to the concert, so all that was left was a seat in the nosebleeds way at the back.
See also: nosebleed
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bleed for someone

Fig. to feel the emotional pain that someone else is feeling; to sympathize or empathize with someone. I just bled for him when I heard his sad story. We bled for her as she related her recent woes.
See also: bleed

bleed from something

for blood to emerge from a wound or other source. He was bleeding from a number of wounds. He bled from his mouth and nose.
See also: bleed

bleed someone white

 and bleed someone dry
to take all of someone's money; to extort money from someone. 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.
See also: bleed, white

bleed to death

to die from the loss of blood. If something isn't done, he will bleed to death. I cut my finger. I hope I don't bleed to death.
See also: bleed, death
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

bleed someone white

Extort money, take someone's last penny. For example, That contractor would have bled the department white, but fortunately he was apprehended in time . Presumably this term alludes to losing so much blood that one turns pale (and perhaps also to the idea that money is the life blood of commerce). [First half of 1900s]
See also: bleed, someone, white

my heart bleeds for you

I don't feel at all sorry for you, I don't sympathize, as in You only got a five percent raise? My heart bleeds for you. Originating in the late 1300s, this hyperbolic expression of sympathy has been used ironically since the mid-1700s.
See also: bleed, heart
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

bleed someone dry

or

bleed someone white

COMMON If someone or something bleeds, a person, organization, or country dry or bleeds them white, they take all of their money or resources from them. The first two interest payments had bled him dry. His realm had been bled dry by years of war with France. Note: In the past, doctors often treated patients by bleeding them, which involved removing some of their blood.
See also: bleed, dry, someone

your heart bleeds for someone

If you say that your heart bleeds for someone, you mean that you feel a lot of sympathy for them because they are suffering. Note: The heart is traditionally regarded as the centre of the emotions. You looked so sad at the funeral and my heart bled for you. Note: This expression is often used ironically to show that you think someone does not deserve any sympathy, because you do not believe that they are genuinely suffering. She's had to sell one of her three houses? My heart bleeds for her! I must say, my heart bleeds for the poor investors who made a mere 15 per cent on their investment in one day. Compare with a bleeding heart.
See also: bleed, heart, someone
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

bleed someone dry (or white)

drain someone of all their money or resources.
Since the late 17th century bleeding has been a metaphor for extorting money from someone. White refers to the physiological effect of losing blood.
1982 William Haggard The Mischief-Makers Her husband had been a wealthy man, the lady's solicitors sharp and ruthless, and her husband had been bled white to get rid of her.
See also: bleed, dry, someone

my heart bleeds for you

I sympathize very deeply with you.
This image was used by Chaucer and Shakespeare to express sincere anguish. Nowadays, the phrase most often indicates the speaker's belief that the person referred to does not deserve the sympathy they are seeking.
See also: bleed, heart

bleed like a (stuck) pig

bleed copiously.
See also: bleed, like, pig
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

bleed somebody ˈdry/ˈwhite

(disapproving) take away all somebody’s money: He used to be quite wealthy, but his children have bled him dry.
See also: bleed, dry, somebody, white

your heart ˈbleeds for somebody

(ironic) used to say that you do not feel sympathy or pity for somebody: ‘I have to get up at 6 o’clock tomorrow!’ ‘Oh, my heart bleeds for you — I have to do that every single day!’ ▶ ˌbleeding ˈheart noun (disapproving) a person who is too kind and sympathetic towards people that other people think do not deserve kindness: a bleeding-heart liberal
See also: bleed, heart, somebody
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

bleed

tv. to drain someone of money through extortion or continuous demands for payment. I’m going to bleed you till I get what I deserve.

bleed for someone

in. to sympathize with someone. I really bleed for you, but there’s nothing I can do.
See also: bleed, someone

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. These taxes are going to bleed me dry!
See also: bleed, someone, white

bleed someone dry

verb
See bleed someone white
See also: bleed, dry, someone
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

bleed someone white, to

To extort money, to take someone’s last penny. The term dates from the seventeenth century. One writer claims it was coined by gamblers; once a victim had been made to pay through the nose (lost all one’s blood through one’s nose), one was bled white. More likely the saying relates to the fact that money was considered the lifeblood of trade and commerce.
See also: bleed, someone

my heart bleeds for you

I don’t feel sorry for you at all. Originally this term surely expressed heartfelt sympathy, but it was presumably beginning to be used ironically by Samuel Johnson in 1763, when James Boswell (Life of Johnson) reports him to have said, “When a butcher tells you that his heart bleeds for his country he has, in fact, no uneasy feeling.”
See also: bleed, heart
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • (one's) heart bleeds for (someone)
  • my heart bleeds for you
  • your heart bleeds for somebody
  • your heart bleeds for someone
  • a bright spark
  • (one) will be lucky
  • (one) would be lucky
  • vote of confidence
  • (one) should be so lucky
  • are we having fun yet
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Additional risk factors for GI bleeds. Researchers also looked at patients who had additional risk factors for GI bleeds (other than the exclusion criteria).
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Patients not taken to the OR for their first bleed had an odds ratio of 5.78 (95% CI 2.81-11.90) of having a second bleed.
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Rebleeding was defined as any episode of upper gastrointestinal bleeding that occurred after the initial bleed had been successfully controlled by endoscopic therapy.
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Traditionally, you bleed radiators with a radiator key, which you can get from hardware and DIY stores, but sometimes you need a small screwdriver instead.
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Something which we have probably all seen, either in ourselves or in someone else, is a nose bleed. This event often causes panic in the sufferer and onlookers, especially if the bleeding is heavy or goes on for a while.
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Several months after the incident, the man's son filed a lawsuit against the nursing home alleging the wrongful death of his father caused by a lack of emergency care and a suspected gastrointestinal (GI) bleed that the nursing staff had neglected.
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But in his encounter with the bleeding woman, he speaks specifically to women as a group, saying that to be whole (that is, holy), women must not only accept their bodies as they have been given by God, but also that they must do so publicly, acknowledging openly the fact that they bleed and can therefore generate new life.
Jesus wasn't afraid of women
Yet societal taboos around open discussion of vaginal bleeding mean that many young women are not even told that they will bleed every month, let alone be able to manage it hygienically and with dignity, due to the absence of clean water, sanitation, and supplies of soap and sanitary products, say the authors.
Vaginal bleeding taboo endangers women's health: Study
Obese patients who take the anticoagulant warfarin (Coumadin) to help prevent blood clots have a much greater risk of a major bleed that requires hospitalization than nonobese patients, according to a recent study presented at the 2015 American Heart Associations Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology/Peripheral Vascular Disease Scientific Sessions.
Obesity raises the risk of bleeding problems when taking warfarin
In haemophilia, an inherited deficiency of blood clotting factors because of abnormal genes, even a small cut may bleed for hours or days and there may be episodes of spontaneous bleeding.
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(2) This decreases to 7.5 to 15 days by the fourth 90-day cycle." But what, asked Dr Gittler, defines an OC-related bleed, and is the incidence of bleeding different with different products and regimens?
Best practices in: addressing misperceptions related to unscheduled bleeding in women taking combined oral contraceptives: counseling is the key
With the development of endoscopy, we now know that the great majority of horses bleed into their lungs in highstress situations and that a substantial minority bleed so badly (regularly or on occasions) that it significantly adversely affects their performance.
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