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bleed red ink

idiom
Meaning

To suffer from severe net losses.


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.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    clap one's hands red

    To clap or applaud intensely.

  2. 02

    cut red tape

    To reduce bureaucracy.

  3. 03

    get ink

    To receive publicity.

  4. 04

    ink in

    to schedule in a calendar

  5. 05

    neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring

    Synonym of neither fish nor fowl (“not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options”).

  6. 06

    paint the town red

    To party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public place.

  7. 07

    put on the red light

    To advertise oneself as a prostitute.

  8. 08

    Red Baron

    A hotshot fighter pilot.

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