throw good money after bad

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throw good money after bad (third-person singular simple present throws good money after bad, present participle throwing good money after bad, simple past threw good money after bad, past participle thrown good money after bad)

(idiomatic) To waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred.

Translations

To waste money

Finnish: heittää hyvää rahaa huonon perään
German: gutes Geld dem schlechten nachwerfen
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kaste gode penger etter dårlige (no)
Polish: wyrzucać pieniądze w błoto (pl) impf, wyrzucić pieniądze w błoto pf

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