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By earning millions from racing and giving pennies back, the bookmakers are sucking the sport dry.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
milk/bleed/suck someone or something dry — milk/bleed/suck (someone or something) dry informal : to take or use up everything from (someone or something) He married her for her money and then bled her dry. She milked the system dry. • • • Main Entry: ↑dry … Useful english dictionary
suck something dry — milk/suck sb/sth ˈdry idiom to get from sb/sth all the money, help, information, etc. they have, usually giving nothing in return • By earning millions from racing and giving pennies back, the bookmakers are sucking the sport dry. Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
milk/bleed/suck dry — milk/bleed/suck (someone or something) dry informal : to take or use up everything from (someone or something) He married her for her money and then bled her dry. She milked the system dry. • • • Main Entry: ↑dry … Useful english dictionary
dry — I. adjective (drier; also dryer; driest; also dryest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English drȳge; akin to Old High German truckan dry, Old English drēahnian to drain Date: before 12th century 1. a. free or relatively free from a liquid… … New Collegiate Dictionary
milk — /mɪlk / (say milk) noun 1. an opaque white or bluish white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young, and, in the case of the cow and some other animals, used by humans for food or as a… …
Dry matter — The dry matter (or otherwise knows as dry weight) is a measurement of the mass of something when completely dried. The dry matter of plant and animal material would be its solids, i.e. all its constituents excluding water. The dry matter of food… … Wikipedia
Milk toast — Not to be confused with Milquetoast. Milk toast is a breakfast food consisting of toasted bread in warm milk, typically with sugar and butter.[1] Salt, pepper, paprika, cinnamon, cocoa, raisins and other ingredients may be added.[2] In New… … Wikipedia
Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal" — Infobox VG title = Spy Fox in Dry Cereal developer = Humongous Entertainment publisher = Atari (PC) Majesco (Wii) designer = engine = SCUMM released = 1997 (Original) 2008 (Rerelease) Q3 2008 (Wii) genre = Adventure modes = Single player ratings … Wikipedia
List of locations in Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal" — The following is a list of locations from the Humongous Entertainment game Spy Fox in Dry Cereal . Locations*The Island of Acidophilus: The island where Spy Fox first arrives at the start of the game. The town square provides access to the other… … Wikipedia
spray-dry — verb dry by bringing into the form of a spray, through contact with a hot gas • Hypernyms: ↑dry, ↑dry out • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb : to dry (as milk, eggs, or soap) by bringing in the form of a spray… … Useful english dictionary
