break the bank
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break the bank
verb breaks the bank · breaking the bank · broke the bank · broken the bank
- At a casino etc., to win all the money that is available to be paid. Or, similarly, consider the man determined to break the bank at Monte Carlo by studying the frequencies with which a certain roulette wheel lands in the red
- To exhaust one's financial resources. Home Security Doesn't Have to Break the Bank
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verb win all the money that is available to be paid
| Español | hacer saltar la banca |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 贏大錢 /赢大钱 yíng dàqián, 讓銀行倒閉 /让银行倒闭 ràng yínháng dǎobì |
| Français | faire sauter la banque |
| Deutsch | die Bank sprengen |
| Italiano | far saltare il banco |
| Русский | сорва́ть банк sorvátʹ bank |
verb exhaust one's financial resources
| Español | arruinarse |
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| 中文 | 耗費巨資 /耗费巨资 hàofèi jùzī, 破產 /破产 pòchǎn, 傾家蕩產 /倾家荡产 qīngjiādàngchǎn |
| Français | casser sa tirelire |
| Deutsch | den finanziellen Rahmen sprengen, den finanziellen Spielraum übersteigen |
| Русский | прогоре́ть progorétʹ, вы́лететь в трубу́ výletetʹ v trubú |
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