in the red
Senso (Inglese)
Having net losses; in debt.
sinonimi
in debt
incur debts
negative profit
to the bad
make a loss
saddled with debt
negative asset
against us
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Etimologia (Inglese)
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
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