bleed sb dry

Question

معنی اصطلاح

bleed sb dry

 

The West is bleeding poorer countries dry through interest payments on their debts.

Answer 1

غرب از طریق بهره های قصدی قرض های شان کشورهای فقیر را در تگنا قرار میدهند.

 

bleed dry
1- (قصابی) تا خون خشک/تمام شود
2- منابع را بستن, عرصه را تنگ کردن ( = bleed white)
باج گرفتن, جیب کسی را خالی کردن, خالی کردن, ته کشیدن, خسته کردن

 

Examples;
Slaughtered livestock is usually bled dry prior to butchering.

Besieging the castle will bleed it white and force it to surrender.

Paying for my kids' education is just bleeding me dry.

I hope I'll still be able to retire one day! Overhead costs are bleeding our business dry.

We need to come up with a different way of doing things.