bleeding dry
Taking every resource
Bleeding dry means draining someone or something of all resources, typically money.
The image comes from older medical bloodletting taken to fatal extremes.
A corrupt regime bleeds its citizens dry through taxation.
A drawn-out lawsuit bleeds both parties dry.
The divorce bled him dry.
The phrase emphasizes complete exhaustion—nothing left to give.
- depletionReduction of supply
- undermineWeaken by stealth
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- milkingExtracting animal dairy fluid
- leechingExtracting gradually, parasitically
pillaging · drainage · parasitism · plundering · profiteering · siphoning · extraction · wringing out · impoverishment · bloodsucking · sapping · vampire · overuse · extortion · nickel and diming · attrition · financial · extinguishing
- greedgreed, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, materialism
- depletingusing up, depleting, exhausting, draining, consuming
bleeding dryreplenishing
Restoring to fullness
enriching · nourishing · bankrolling · sustaining · subsidizing
bleeding drybuilding up
Increasing gradually
making whole · revitalizing · rejuvenating · strengthening · bolstering
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