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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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Every day, Davida Wynn sets herself one task: Take a bath.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Take a bath of gold, and you will come forth from it virtuous!

From Vautrin by Balzac, Honoré de

Take a bath daily for a year, or sponge bath.

From How Girls Can Help Their Country by Low, Juliette Gordon

Take a bath and change your dress, and in the mean time there will be time to cook something—the cookery here is not bad for the country.

From The Perpetual Curate by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

Take a bath and go to bed and get some rest.

From The Brand of Silence A Detective Story by Strong, Harrington

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