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Title:	owe money
Answer:	in the red

Hints:	1. color

Equivalents:	1. the opposite of this expression is 'in the black'

Explanation:	The red is presumably red ink that was used by accountants when balances were less than zero...
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Game Summary Statistics

Average Rating		3.2
# of votes		19
# of Garbage Votes		4
# of Garbage Votes by native speakers		1

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Total found: 19 !
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Guest

Rating: 0

August 11, 2006

Instead of "in the red", in Bosnian we say "ući u crveno"

Guest

Rating: 5

July 12, 2006

Instead of "in the red", in Chinese, Mandarin we say "赤字"

Guest

Rating: 4

April 29, 2006

Guest
(native speaker)

Rating: 5

March 15, 2006

Jader

Rating: 5

March 7, 2006

Instead of "in the red", in Portuguese we say ""no vermelho""

Guest

Rating: 4

January 14, 2006

Instead of "in the red", in Polish we say "być na minusie"

Guest

Rating: 2

December 29, 2005

Instead of "in the red", in Vietnamese we say "no nan"

Guest

Rating: 2

December 28, 2005

Instead of "in the red", in Portuguese we say "no vermelho"

Fábio B.

Rating: 5

December 10, 2005

Instead of "in the red", in Portuguese we say "no vermelho"

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