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"To waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred."
],
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "bad money drives out good"
},
{
"word": "chase pennies with dollars"
},
{
"word": "in for a penny, in for a pound"
},
{
"word": "martingale"
},
{
"word": "sunk costs fallacy"
}
],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To waste money",
"word": "heittää hyvää rahaa huonon perään"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To waste money",
"word": "gutes Geld dem schlechten nachwerfen"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "To waste money",
"word": "kaste gode penger etter dårlige"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To waste money",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wyrzucać pieniądze w błoto"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "To waste money",
"tags": [
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"word": "wyrzucić pieniądze w błoto"
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"Escalation of commitment"
]
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"word": "bad money drives out good"
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"word": "chase pennies with dollars"
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{
"word": "in for a penny, in for a pound"
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"word": "martingale"
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"word": "sunk costs fallacy"
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"(idiomatic) To waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred."
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"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To waste money",
"word": "heittää hyvää rahaa huonon perään"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To waste money",
"word": "gutes Geld dem schlechten nachwerfen"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "To waste money",
"word": "kaste gode penger etter dårlige"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To waste money",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wyrzucać pieniądze w błoto"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To waste money",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wyrzucić pieniądze w błoto"
}
],
"word": "throw good money after bad"
}
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