dốc trang

Definition

Noun: - Exhausting one's resources: The act of using up all of one's current money or assets, often in a single effort or for a specific purpose. It implies spending or committing everything one has at the moment.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Sau khi dốc trang mua chiếc xe mới, anh ta chẳng còn một xu dính túi. (After exhausting his resources to buy the new car, he didn't have a penny left.)
  • Họ quyết định dốc trang để đầu tư vào công ty khởi nghiệp. (They decided to put all their available funds into investing in the startup.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in financial or business contexts to describe a high-risk, all-in commitment. It can carry a connotation of a final, desperate, or highly determined move.

Variants and Related Words

• Dốc hết túi (v): To empty one's pocket; to spend all the money one has on hand.
  • Anh ấy dốc hết túi để giúp đỡ người bạn. (He emptied his pocket to help his friend.)

Synonyms

• To spend one's last penny: To use up the final amount of money one possesses.
• To go all in: To commit all of one's available resources to an endeavor.
• To exhaust one's funds: To completely use up one's financial resources.

Related Idioms

• Vét túi: To scrape the bottom of the barrel; to take all the money from one's pocket.
  • Phải vét túi mới đủ tiền mua vé. (I had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to have enough money for the ticket.)