Idiom
bleed red ink
Meaning
To suffer from severe net losses.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The small company continues to bleed red ink every month.”
“After the new product failed to sell, the department started to bleed red ink and had to cut its budget.”
“Despite the CEO's optimistic public statements, the quarterly reports revealed that the corporation continued to bleed red ink due to poor management and rising operational costs.”
Examples
simple
“The small company continues to bleed red ink every month.”
contextual
“After the new product failed to sell, the department started to bleed red ink and had to cut its budget.”
complex
“Despite the CEO's optimistic public statements, the quarterly reports revealed that the corporation continued to bleed red ink due to poor management and rising operational costs.”
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