in the red

介词短语
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英文释义

介词短语
  1. Having net losses; in debt. idiomatic
    — The figures are going to be in the red this year.

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反义词
in the black

词源

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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