the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
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to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom) / to compensate later for one's earlier loss / what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
(law) judgement defaulter (person who has failed to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement, such as paying compensation to sb, despite having the means to do so) / debt dodger
disrepair
discourteous / failure of etiquette
to lose power and influence
to peter out / to lose momentum / to lose steam
slip of the tongue / indiscretion / to blurt out a secret
disharmony / to become estranged
list of lost or stolen articles
to lose territory / lost territory
loss
to lose one's spouse (through marriage failure or bereavement)
unable to go to school / an interruption to one's education
inappropriate / improper
to fail in observing or supervising / to miss / to let sth slip through
to give a false picture of the situation
agraphia
to lose favor / in disfavor / disgraced
to get into disarray / to get out of whack
out of one's mind
to be orphaned of one's father
to lose sb one relies upon / to lose one's mother
to regret / to feel remorse
to lose one's memory
amnesia
expiry date (of document)
defeatism
Failure is the mother of success.
to show disrespect / I'm awfully sorry – please forgive me
blindness
to suffer a loss of cognitive function / to develop dementia
(Tw) dementia
late (for an appointed time)
a crick in the neck / stiff neck
to overstep the rules / to go out of bounds / disqualification / to lose face / disqualified
to lose favor / to become estranged
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27