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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...
English > Popular Expressions > Business / Commerce

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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: 5

January 5, 2020

Fernanda N.

Rating: 4

November 1, 2009

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

Maalena

Rating: 2

August 8, 2007

Me debes dinero.

Guest
(native speaker)

Rating: 0

February 10, 2007

Instead of "in the red", in Arabic, Moroccan we say "in the red"

Guest

Rating: 4

November 3, 2006

Guest

Rating: 5

October 12, 2006

Guest

Rating: 0

October 11, 2006

Instead of "in the red", in Romanian we say "in rosu"

Guest

Rating: 5

September 15, 2006

Instead of "in the red", in Dutch we say "in het rood"

Guest

Rating: 0

September 15, 2006

Instead of "in the red", in Dutch we say "in het rood"

Guest

Rating: 5

August 24, 2006

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

Total found: 19 !
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