take a bath on (something)

To experience or accumulate a large financial loss on a transaction or investment. A lot of stores started stocking huge numbers of the gimmicky fad toy, but now they're taking a bath on it as public interest evaporates. Millions of the company's shareholders took a bath on their investment when the CEO resigned and its stock began plummeting.

take a bath (on something)

tv. to have large financial losses on an investment. The broker warned me that I might take a bath if I bought this stuff.

词组	take a bath on (something)
释义	take a bath on (something) take a bath on (something) To experience or accumulate a large financial loss on a transaction or investment. A lot of stores started stocking huge numbers of the gimmicky fad toy, but now they're taking a bath on it as public interest evaporates. Millions of the company's shareholders took a bath on their investment when the CEO resigned and its stock began plummeting. See also: bath, on, take Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. take a bath (on something) tv. to have large financial losses on an investment. The broker warned me that I might take a bath if I bought this stuff. See also: bath, on, something, take McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: take a bath on something store up stuffer stocking stuffer stocking-stuffer rack something up rack up the going thing arm up reap (something) from (someone or something)
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