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take a bath

Idioms  
  1. Experience serious financial loss, as in The company took a bath investing in that new product. This idiom, which originated in gambling, transfers washing oneself in a bathtub to being “cleaned out” financially. [Slang; first half of 1900s]


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Ash pointed out that “gold often falls when equities take a bath to cover losing positions on a trading book.”

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

“It’s very difficult when you get up in the morning and you can’t take a bath, you can’t shower,” Mack Williams, 59, said as he picked up bottled water from a county distribution site.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2024

When she reported this to staff at Birmingham Women and Children's Hospital, she was told to take a bath.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2023

If you have to sell too early, you can take a bath.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2023

The man and woman, who looked to be the age of my grandparents, welcomed me and allowed me to take a bath.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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