idiom · neutral
throw good money after bad
UK/θrəʊ ɡʊd ˈmʌni ˌɑːftə ˈbæd/US/θroʊ ɡʊd ˈmʌni ˌæftər ˈbæd/throw GOOD MONEy after BAD
To continue spending money on something that is already a failure, thus wasting more money
Examples
“The company refused to throw good money after bad and closed the unprofitable branch.”
“Investing more in that failing product would be throwing good money after bad.”
“Rather than throw good money after bad, they cut their losses early.”
Band 8 sentence
“Faced with mounting losses and no viable turnaround plan, the investors decided not to throw good money after bad.”
Collocations
- refuse to throw good money after bad
- stop throwing good money after bad
Word family
Common mistakes
They throwed good money after bad.→They threw good money after bad.
They throw money after they lost the business.→They threw good money after bad.
Say it for a higher band
5waste more money→6keep investing in a lost cause→7+throw good money after bad
Synonyms
cut your losses
Easily confused
pour money down the drain
“She kept funding the failing project and felt like pouring money down the drain.”
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