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2011.07.14 (Review of 2007.10.04 edition)
If you know you're in a losing game, often the best thing to do is stop before you take too much of a hit!
CUT YOUR LOSSES これ以上損をしないうちに手を引く
- To cut your losses is to stop wasting time, money, effort, etc., on something that is going poorly, especially when there is little or no hope that the situation will improve.
- cut your losses とは、特に、状況が良くなる見込みがほとんどない、あるいは全くない場合に、うまくいってないことに時間やお金、労力などを浪費するのをやめる、つまり、これ以上損をしないうちに手を引く、という意味です。
- The price of the stock is dropping fast. If I were you, I'd sell now and cut my losses.
- After operating in the red for years, the city government finally decided to cut their losses and shut down the 80-year-old downtown tram.
- (advice from a friend)
How long have you been working at that dead-end job? Don't you think it's time to cut your losses and find something else?
Have a safe commute!