bleed someone white

Extort money, take someone's last penny. For example, That contractor would have bled the department white, but fortunately he was apprehended in time . Presumably this term alludes to losing so much blood that one turns pale (and perhaps also to the idea that money is the life blood of commerce). [First half of 1900s]

bleed someone white

and bleed someone dry

tv. to take all of someone’s money; to extort money from someone. (see also bleed.) The creeps tried to bleed me white. These taxes are going to bleed me dry!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Erkki	ERK-kee	Finnish
'Ovadyah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Lund	[lʌnd]
Idoya	ee-DHOI-ah	Spanish
Azucena	ah-thoo-THE-nah (Spanish), ah-soo-SE-nah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
September	sep-TEM-bər	English (Rare)