dốc túi

Thân thiện

Thấy hoàn cảnh khó khăn của bạn, anh ấy đã dốc túi để giúp đỡ.

Definition

1. Verb (idiomatic):
   • To empty one's pocket: To spend or give away all the money one has on them or all of one's available funds for a specific purpose.
   • To tell or reveal everything one knows: To share all the information, knowledge, or secrets one possesses without holding anything back.

Usage Examples

• Verb (spending money):

  • Anh ấy đã dốc túi để mua chiếc xe đạp mới cho con gái. (He emptied his pocket to buy the new bicycle for his daughter.)
  • Tôi phải dốc túi để trả hóa đơn y tế đó. (I had to empty my pocket to pay that medical bill.)

• Verb (revealing information):

  • Trong buổi thẩm vấn, nghi phạm đã dốc túi mọi chi tiết. (During the interrogation, the suspect revealed every detail he knew.)
  • Giáo viên yêu cầu học sinh dốc túi tất cả kiến thức cho bài kiểm tra. (The teacher asked the students to pour out all their knowledge for the test.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used to emphasize a sense of total expenditure or complete disclosure, sometimes implying a degree of sacrifice or finality.

Variants and Related Words

• Dốc hết túi: A slightly emphatic variant with the same meaning.
  • Họ dốc hết túi để ủng hộ từ thiện. (They emptied their entire pocket to donate to charity.)

Synonyms

• To spend one's last penny: To use up all of one's money.
• To spill the beans: To tell all the secrets (for the informational sense).

Related Idioms

• Dốc cạn túi: Similar to "dốc túi," meaning to spend until one's pocket is completely empty.
  • Sau chuyến du lịch, tôi đã dốc cạn túi. (After the trip, I was completely cleaned out.)

Học thuật

1. Empty one's pocket