C2idiommoneyIELTS-friendly
throw good money after bad
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to keep spending money on something that has already failed and is unlikely to improve
Used in business, politics and personal finance to argue that it is time to stop paying for a failure.
In context
Repairing that old car again would just be throwing good money after bad.
The board refused to throw good money after bad and closed the failing factory.
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- a nest eggan amount of money saved over time for the future, such as retirement
- a rip-offsomething that costs far more than it is really worth
- break the bankto cost more money than you can afford
- cost an arm and a legto be very expensive
- down the drainwasted or lost completely, especially money or effort