take someone to the cleaner's idiom informal
(通常指通过欺骗)从…那里大捞一笔;骗光…的钱
to get a lot of money from someone, usually by cheating them
Paul was really taken to the cleaner's on that deal. 保罗在那桩生意上确实赔得精光。
彻底击败;大胜
to defeat someone by a very large amount
In the second half, United were really taken to the cleaner's, and they finally lost the match 6–1. 下半场,联队惨遭蹂躏,最终以1比6输掉了比赛。