English

Etymology
From the standard accounting practice of using red ink to denote negative values, especially a net loss. The first known written use of the phrase is from the "Wise-crack dictionary" (1926) by George H. Maines and Bruce Grant.¹

Adjective
in the red

1. idiom accounting Having net losses.

#:The figures are going to be in the red this year.

Antonyms
in the black

Translations
German: in den roten Zahlen, in den Roten

ja:in the red

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