"Just cut your losses, Jim," his father suggested, "and get on with the rest of your life."
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
cut one's losses — {v. phr.} To stop spending time, money, or energy on unprofitable projects and concentrate on what goes well. * / Just cut your losses, Jim, his father suggested, and get on with the rest of your life. / … Dictionary of American idioms
cut one's losses — {v. phr.} To stop spending time, money, or energy on unprofitable projects and concentrate on what goes well. * / Just cut your losses, Jim, his father suggested, and get on with the rest of your life. / … Dictionary of American idioms
cut one's losses — phrasal : to withdraw (as from an enterprise) and accept current losses in order to prevent further loss * * * cut one s losses To have done with an unprofitable venture • • • Main Entry: ↑cut * * * abandon an enterprise or course of action that… … Useful english dictionary
cut one’s losses — tv. to do something to stop a loss of something. □ I knew I had to do something to cut my losses, but it was almost too late. □ Sell some of the high priced stuff to cut your losses … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Cut one's losses — abandon a project in which one has already invested some part of one s capital, either material or emotional, for no return, so as not to incur more losses … Dictionary of Australian slang
cut one's losses — Australian Slang abandon a project in which one has already invested some part of one s capital, either material or emotional, for no return, so as not to incur more losses … English dialects glossary
cut one's losses — verb To discontinue an effort that seems unlikely ever to bear fruit … Wiktionary
cut one's losses — If you end or withdraw from something that is already failing, in order to reduce the loss of money, time or effort invested in it … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
cut one's losses — to end or withdraw from a bad situation which can only get worse (loss cutting) … Idioms and examples
cut one’s losses (to) — Concede defeat. See also bailout … American business jargon
