Is the phrase “bled our country dry” a metaphor? Or some other figure of speech?
Is the phrase "bled our country dry" a metaphor? Or some other figure of speech?
Context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ_eV2TRlOg&t=175s
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Is the phrase "bled our country dry" a metaphor? Or some other figure of speech?
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Is the phrase "bled our country dry" a metaphor? Or some other figure of speech?
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bleed someone white and bleed someone dry. TFD
to take all of someone's money; to extort money from someone.
It is metaphorical, a country does not bleed. It can though be bled dry of treasure and life.
answered Mar 18 at 14:23
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And the metaphor "bleed dry" almost certainly derives from the practice of hanging a slaughtered animal head-down until all the blood drains out.
– Hot Licks
Mar 18 at 17:32
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bleed someone white and bleed someone dry. TFD
to take all of someone's money; to extort money from someone.
It is metaphorical, a country does not bleed. It can though be bled dry of treasure and life.
answered Mar 18 at 14:23
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And the metaphor "bleed dry" almost certainly derives from the practice of hanging a slaughtered animal head-down until all the blood drains out.
– Hot Licks
Mar 18 at 17:32
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bleed someone white and bleed someone dry. TFD
to take all of someone's money; to extort money from someone.
It is metaphorical, a country does not bleed. It can though be bled dry of treasure and life.
answered Mar 18 at 14:23
lbflbf
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And the metaphor "bleed dry" almost certainly derives from the practice of hanging a slaughtered animal head-down until all the blood drains out.
– Hot Licks
Mar 18 at 17:32
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bleed someone white and bleed someone dry. TFD
to take all of someone's money; to extort money from someone.
It is metaphorical, a country does not bleed. It can though be bled dry of treasure and life.
answered Mar 18 at 14:23
lbflbf
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bleed someone white and bleed someone dry. TFD
to take all of someone's money; to extort money from someone.
It is metaphorical, a country does not bleed. It can though be bled dry of treasure and life.
answered Mar 18 at 14:23
lbflbf
22.1k22575
answered Mar 18 at 14:23
lbflbf
22.1k22575
answered Mar 18 at 14:23
lbflbf
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answered Mar 18 at 14:23
lbflbf
22.1k22575
22.1k22575
And the metaphor "bleed dry" almost certainly derives from the practice of hanging a slaughtered animal head-down until all the blood drains out.
– Hot Licks
Mar 18 at 17:32
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And the metaphor "bleed dry" almost certainly derives from the practice of hanging a slaughtered animal head-down until all the blood drains out.
– Hot Licks
Mar 18 at 17:32
And the metaphor "bleed dry" almost certainly derives from the practice of hanging a slaughtered animal head-down until all the blood drains out.
– Hot Licks
Mar 18 at 17:32
And the metaphor "bleed dry" almost certainly derives from the practice of hanging a slaughtered animal head-down until all the blood drains out.
– Hot Licks
Mar 18 at 17:32
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