in the red

Signification (Anglais)

Having net losses; in debt.

Concepts

dans le rouge

Synonymes

red ink

deficit

detriment

indebtedness

indigent

insolvent

liability

loss

penniless

plunge

sacrifice

shortcoming

in debt

incur debts

out of pocket

negative profit

to the bad

make a loss

saddled with debt

negative asset

broke

against us

decrement

Étymologie (Anglais)

From the standard accounting practice of using red ink to denote negative values, especially a net loss. The first known written use of the phrase is from the "Wise-crack dictionary" (1926) by George H. Maines and Bruce Grant.http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/202000.html