| 词组 | take someone for a ride |
| 释义 | Idiom take someone for a ride Theme: DECEPTION to trick or deceive someone. (Informal.)Old people are being taken for a ride by bogus workmen.Whoever sold Tom that car took him for a ride. It needs a new engine. Idiom take someone for a ridetake (someone) for a ride to cheat or deceive someone.I trusted him but he took me for a ride. take (one) for a ride1. slang To con, swindle, or deceive one. That get-rich-quick guru took tens of thousands of people for a ride, lining his own pockets with their investments. I can't believe I let that guy take me for a ride like that. 2. slang To take one away in a car to be murdered. A: "What should we do about the witness, boss?" B: "Take him for a ride." take someone for a ride1. Cheat or deliberately mislead someone, as in Car salesmen will take you for a ride in more ways than one! [Colloquial; c. 1920] 2. Murder someone, as in The gang threatened to take him for a ride. [Slang; 1920] Both usages allude to taking a person for an automobile ride. take someone for a rideINFORMALCOMMON If someone takes you for a ride, they deceive or cheat you. You've been taken for a ride. Why did you give him five thousand francs? Why do I have this sneaking suspicion that he is taking us all for a ride? Note: This expression comes from American gangsters' slang. When gangsters `took someone for a ride', they took them away in a car in order to kidnap them or kill them. take someone for a ridedeceive or cheat someone. informal |
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