bleed white

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.

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.

词组	bleed white
释义	bleed white 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 Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. 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 McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: bleed (someone) white bleed someone white coerce coerce (one) into (something) coerce into hush fell over a hush fell over hush-hush bleed someone white, to hush money
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