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in the red and out of the red

06:47 Mar 27, 2010
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Slang
English term or phrase: in the red and out of the red
After five quarters in the red, the business will soon be profitable
Muradaf
Local time: 18:01


Summary of answers provided
5مجينة / مصابة بخسارة
Liliane Hatem
5 -1وقت لا تجني فيه كاسب أو أرباح
hossam sallam
4استمرار المديونية والتخلص منها
Nadia Ayoub


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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
وقت لا تجني فيه كاسب أو أرباح


Explanation:
into / out of a situation in which you are not making enough money


hossam sallam
Egypt
Local time: 17:01
Native speaker of: Arabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  ahmadwadan.com: Not making enough money does not necessarily mean that you are in debt or incurred losses. Proposed answer implies an even case where (income = expenses) which is not the case here.
1 day 5 hrs
  -> I think the context indicates that company did not gain any profits during the five quarters.
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
مجينة / مصابة بخسارة


Explanation:
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Note added at 11 mins (2010-03-27 06:58:59 GMT)
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آسفة الرجاء التصحيح : مدينة

Liliane Hatem
Lebanon
Local time: 18:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 16
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
استمرار المديونية والتخلص منها


Explanation:
In the red
Meaning
In debt.
Origin
From the practise of using red ink to denote debt or losses on financial balance sheets. Likewise, in the black for businesses that are financially solvent.
This phrase conjures up images of inky-fingered clerks in Dickensian offices scratching in ledgers with quill pens. In fact, the term is much more recent than that. The first known citation of it is in the 1926 Wise-crack dictionary, by George H. Maines and Bruce Grant:
"In the red, losing money in show parlance."
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/202000.html

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 17:01
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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