داستان آبیدیک

take a bath

te͡ik ʌ bɑθ


english

1 general:: Phrase(s): take a bath Go to take a shower., Phrase(s): take a bath (on something) Sl. to accumulate large losses on a business transaction or an investment. (Alludes to getting soaked, a slang expression meaning "being heavily charged for something.") • Sally took a bath on that stock that she bought. Its price went down to nothing. • I’m afraid that I will take a bath on any investment I make.

McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs

2 general:: Experience serious financial loss, as in The company took a bath investing in that new product. This idiom, which originated in gambling, transfers washing oneself in a bathtub to being "cleaned out" financially. [Slang; first half of 1900s]

American Heritage Idioms


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