red ink

Definitions

1. Financial loss.
   euphemistic, idiomatic, uncountable
2. Cheap red wine.
   idiomatic, slang, uncountable
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, ink.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“GCN has gleefully swum against the political mainstream. Less comfortable has been the financial torrent that now washes the paper in red ink. Being out of step politically has meant not having access to lucrative advertisers.”

CEFR level