- take\ a\ bath
- v. phr. informalTo come to financial ruin.
Boy, did we ever take a bath on that merger with Brown & Brown, Inc.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
take\ a\ bath
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take a bath — {v. phr.}, {informal} To come to financial ruin. * /Boy, did we ever take a bath on that merger with Brown & Brown, Inc./ … Dictionary of American idioms
take a bath — {v. phr.}, {informal} To come to financial ruin. * /Boy, did we ever take a bath on that merger with Brown & Brown, Inc./ … Dictionary of American idioms
take a bath — ► take a bath informal suffer a heavy financial loss. Main Entry: ↑bath … English terms dictionary
take a bath — phrasal : to suffer a heavy financial loss * * * informal suffer a heavy financial loss * * * take a bath US informal : to lose a large amount of money in a business deal The movie studio took a bath on his last picture. see also ↑bath 1a (above) … Useful english dictionary
take a bath — To sustain a loss on either a speculation or an investment. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * take a bath INFORMAL ► to lose a lot of money as a result of a bad business deal or investment: »Unless the shares take a bath, they should soon be… … Financial and business terms
take a bath — verb a) To bathe. She told the children to take a bath and wash off the mud and grime. b) To lose a large amount of money in an investment. Take a bath with fragrant herbs … Wiktionary
take a bath — take a (financial) bath to lose money on an investment. Investors took a bath when they had to resell the bonds at lower prices than they had paid … New idioms dictionary
take a bath (on something) — tv. to have large financial losses on an investment. □ Fred took a bath on that gold mining stock. □ The broker warned me that I might take a bath if I bought this stuff … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Take A Bath — A slang term referring to the situation of an investor who has experienced a large loss from an investment or speculative position. Investors whose shares have declined significantly are said to have taken a bath. For example, following the… … Investment dictionary
take a bath — bathe, wash oneself in the bath; (Slang) suffer a financial loss … English contemporary dictionary
