我这一天天干的 净是些赔本的买卖
“I lose money all the time.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“What about the interest? I had to write it off.”
我这一 天天 干的 净是 些 赔本的买卖
“I lose money all the time.”
“Then why do you keep lending? I'm softhearted.”
“I'm constantly getting the short end of the stick here!”
Vocalizing that one is engaged in a 'losing deal' often serves to elicit sympathy or show that one acts out of goodwill rather than pure calculated profit.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
day after day / all day long
Used colloquially to emphasize monotony, exhaustion, or enduring an ongoing annoying pattern.
losing business / bad deal
Metaphorically applied to any effort, sacrifice, or transaction where input exceeds return.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'd be doing such big business every day,”
“I never do business at a loss, okay?”
“your little bonfire yet. Aren't you the insensitive one!”
“my family will lose absolutely everything.”
“And this money is all clean,”
“Wouldn't I be working for nothing all day?”