in the red
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
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.[1]
[edit] Adjective
- (idiomatic) (accounting) Having net losses.
- The figures are going to be in the red this year.
[edit] Antonyms
[edit] Translations
- German: in den roten Zahlen, in den Roten

