I’ve heard it said that someone is “tanked”, which I assume means full of alcohol. But, then people will say “the market tanked”. What’s that mean? Bottomed out, I assume…
What a silly expression!
- Jinx
It means both according to my linguistic sources. In terms of the market, “fell dramatically” is more typical than “bottomed out”. IOW, the market could get worse.
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To expand on samclem’s cite, the term take a dive, as in “to deliberately lose a match”, literally suggests plunging into a tank of water.