扫地出门
      Explanation: Analogy to the elimination of bad things out. Also confiscated all his property, out of the house.
      Usage: Partial official; as the predicate attribute; metaphor entirely clear
      Source: Qing Li, Green Park "Qiludeng" 84 back: "There are seven or eight years, there are three or four years, but also last year, there are still a few still had interest. If the innocence out the door, he will have two thousand two hundred."
      Examples: The policy is clear ~, except it is open-minded individual, the active resistance of the landlords, the other shall be spared. (Feng Deying "Spring Flowers" Chapter II)
  • Thesaurus:  round up the whole gang at one fell swoop, be completely discredited, completely sweep away, make clean riddance of, (worries, doubts) completely removed