bleed dry

bleed somebody/something dry

to use up everything someone or something has available The city is losing money at a rate that eventually will bleed it dry. I'm worried that the medical bills will bleed my parents dry.

Etymology: based on the idea of a person losing so much blood that they die

bleed somebody dry

to take someone's money until most or all of it has gone Repayments on the new furniture were bleeding me dry.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
MÜNİRe	-	Turkish
Hieronymos	-	Ancient Greek
BonifÁC	-	Czech, Hungarian
Eustaquio	e-oo-STAH-kyo (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Denton	['dentən]
Jouko	YO-oo-ko	Finnish