throw good money after bad

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

throw good money after bad (third-person singular simple present throws good money after bad, present participle throwing good money after bad, simple past threw good money after bad, past participle thrown good money after bad)

1. (idiomatic) To waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred.

   Coordinate term: cut one's losses

Translations

To waste money

• Finnish: heittää hyvää rahaa huonon perään
• German: gutes Geld dem schlechten nachwerfen
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kaste gode penger etter dårlige (no)

• Polish: wyrzucać pieniądze w błoto (pl) impf, wyrzucić pieniądze w błoto pf

See also

• bad money drives out good
• chase pennies with dollars
• in for a penny, in for a pound
• martingale
• sunk costs fallacy