英语词汇“to throw good money after bad”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(c) to throw (one's) money about and variants: to spend money extravagantly or wastefully; to have money to throw about: to be very rich; to be in a position to spend extravagantly; to throw good money after bad and variants: to incur a further loss in trying to make good a previous one; to throw money at: to attempt to solve (a problem, etc.) by reckless expenditure rather than by a more efficient or prudent approach.

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1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 197/1 The English say, To send good Mony after bad, to lose the Substance, for the Shaddow.

1690 W. Fitzhugh Let. 8 Aug. in R. B. Davis William Fitzhugh & his Chesapeake World (1963) 294 More money would be spent on prosecuting than he would be able to answer, & consequently good money thrown after bad.

1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse v. 102 I change my Husband again, I shan't have so much Money to throw about.

1754 S. Fielding Cry III. iv. viii. 42 I could not believe that he was so far beside his senses, as to throw away money on superfluities.

1792 J. Belknap Foresters xii 149 Why should I keep on throwing away good money after bad; I am damnably in debt now.

1823 H. Luttrell Crockford-House ii. 93 Mighty Man of cards and dice, Take a real friend's advice... Don't, or I shall think you mad, Throw good money after bad.

1840 F. M. Trollope Michael Armstrong III. i. 5 People as have money to throw about..are not to be put off with a short word.

1862 Continental Monthly Nov. 552 His father before him hadn't always this same ridiculous way of throwing the money he earned about like dust.

1870 Appletons' Jrnl. 5 Mar. 262 He is very liberal and hospitable, and ready to throw his money about in bucketfuls.

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker i. 16 Take a pride to keep your books posted, and never throw good money after bad.

?1904 H. V. Esmond Billy's little Love Affair ii. 52 I'll wait. No good throwing good money after a bad husband, is it?

1949 D. Smith I capture Castle (U.K. ed.) ix. 135 If people want to throw their money about... Five guineas is more than I can save in a year.

1951 ‘N. Shute’ Round Bend i. 3 I hadn't got any money to chuck around.

1972 N.Y. Times 15 Dec. 46/4 President Nixon is employing a quite misleading phrase when he states that ‘throwing money at social problems does not solve them’.

1992 Time 6 Jan. 31/1 ‘No, we don't throw money around like the networks’ says Turner about CNN's relatively tightfisted operation.

1993 Business Central Europe June 37/2 Of all the suggested cures, privatisation is the one most likely to make management accountable and stop it throwing good money after bad.

1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 28 Nov. 60/1 The group's very existence was based on the belief that AIDS could be cured quickly if only enough money and effort were thrown at it.

单词	to throw good money after bad
释义	> as lemmas to throw good money after bad (c) to throw (one's) money about and variants: to spend money extravagantly or wastefully; to have money to throw about: to be very rich; to be in a position to spend extravagantly; to throw good money after bad and variants: to incur a further loss in trying to make good a previous one; to throw money at: to attempt to solve (a problem, etc.) by reckless expenditure rather than by a more efficient or prudent approach. ΚΠ 1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 197/1 The English say, To send good Mony after bad, to lose the Substance, for the Shaddow. 1690 W. Fitzhugh Let. 8 Aug. in R. B. Davis William Fitzhugh & his Chesapeake World (1963) 294 More money would be spent on prosecuting than he would be able to answer, & consequently good money thrown after bad. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse v. 102 I change my Husband again, I shan't have so much Money to throw about. 1754 S. Fielding Cry III. iv. viii. 42 I could not believe that he was so far beside his senses, as to throw away money on superfluities. 1792 J. Belknap Foresters xii 149 Why should I keep on throwing away good money after bad; I am damnably in debt now. 1823 H. Luttrell Crockford-House ii. 93 Mighty Man of cards and dice, Take a real friend's advice... Don't, or I shall think you mad, Throw good money after bad. 1840 F. M. Trollope Michael Armstrong III. i. 5 People as have money to throw about..are not to be put off with a short word. 1862 Continental Monthly Nov. 552 His father before him hadn't always this same ridiculous way of throwing the money he earned about like dust. 1870 Appletons' Jrnl. 5 Mar. 262 He is very liberal and hospitable, and ready to throw his money about in bucketfuls. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker i. 16 Take a pride to keep your books posted, and never throw good money after bad. ?1904 H. V. Esmond Billy's little Love Affair ii. 52 I'll wait. No good throwing good money after a bad husband, is it? 1949 D. Smith I capture Castle (U.K. ed.) ix. 135 If people want to throw their money about... Five guineas is more than I can save in a year. 1951 ‘N. Shute’ Round Bend i. 3 I hadn't got any money to chuck around. 1972 N.Y. Times 15 Dec. 46/4 President Nixon is employing a quite misleading phrase when he states that ‘throwing money at social problems does not solve them’. 1992 Time 6 Jan. 31/1 ‘No, we don't throw money around like the networks’ says Turner about CNN's relatively tightfisted operation. 1993 Business Central Europe June 37/2 Of all the suggested cures, privatisation is the one most likely to make management accountable and stop it throwing good money after bad. 1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 28 Nov. 60/1 The group's very existence was based on the belief that AIDS could be cured quickly if only enough money and effort were thrown at it. extracted from moneyn. < as lemmas
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