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- wendell
hi i am tirring with coming up with a idea to sell in. -it is a idea around of profiting : i need some english help here;when is it time you say "IN THE BLACK" and the red. any help from. can you say that same setting for SUN?? as "in the red (sky)" it is a idea to a NEWBANNKING. the idea is between SUN and BANK
- drunktank0
i miss mushrooms
but i love you wendell
- forcetwelve0
geeesssus -what?
- Kuz0
what the fuck are you talking aboot?
- MX_OnD0
in the black like ye've goat cash
in the red like ye've goat neen, ken?If ye've goat a son ye'll huv less but mare than if ye've goat a dotter, Ah think.
- Ell0
In the black
Meaning:
To be making money.Example:
Live below your means and you will always be running in the black.Origin:
Standard practice for accounting is to record positive numbers in black ink and negative numbers in red ink. Operating "in the black" is to record positive numbers, that is to say earnings.Related phrase: "In the red".
In the red
Meaning:
To be losing money.Example:
Putting kids through college is sure to put you in the red.Origin:
Standard practice for accounting is to record positive numbers in black ink and negative numbers in red ink. Operating "in the red" is to record negative numbers, that is to say losses.No doubt red ink was chosen because it is a clear contrast for black and is not easily mistaken. However there is a bit more history to the red ink.
In medieval times the church, being the only center of literacy and learning in the west, maintained meticulous accounting records. Ink was rare and expensive. When monasteries and far-flung churches had little money and they could not afford ink, domesticated animals were bled to provide a substitute in the dipping wells. As a result, poor financial records were usually written "in the red."
Related phrase: "In the black".
- forcetwelve0
yeah - what he said. put it all on black is to bet on all the horses in a greyhound race... hard to win...
- _smk0
that'll settle it then ;)
- Kuz0
Yo Mx, you understand what wendell is saying? Must be similar to jock language ;)
- forcetwelve0
geeesssuuuss! Ell - did you just write that? nahhhh...?!
- forcetwelve0
hey kuz - how's leeds thi morning? i was there not so long ago...
- Kuz0
ay up force12, i was there over the weekend, fookin freezing, but at least the air smelt fresh, tha knows? back down in london for the daily grind now tho. ba 'eck
- toulouz0
in the black = profit
in the red = loss
red sky at night = shepards delight
- forcetwelve0
ay fella, it sure is sweeter there than the don... snowing though? i was living in huddersfield for a while - lovely...! ha
- MX_OnD0
Yo Mx, you understand what wendell is saying? Must be similar to jock language ;)
Kuz
(Jan 24 05, 02:34)Aye ah unnnerstaun the boay, a linguistic fucken genius hoor me like, ken?
- wendell0
all hanging there: TO SEE----thank you ELL tee hehe i think about that ELL that is mass of text to read i think about that. shit out and take a break : where is it you can go for that doubble meanings of things and settings??you see i am not soo well none in english. "tricking you is what raspo and stilmuli are saying then!!! when i put it on NT thank you for it. i will take a turn a round that. more often than not i can not see so-oo far for them good meanings. again thank you ELL. coffee time!
- forcetwelve0
translation = thanks ell. i must go now.
hehe
- wendell0
so-oo cool>>>THAT>>
in the black = profit
in the red = loss
red sky at night = shepards delight FROM TOLOUZgood for me good for a Land BANK. is that true??? shepards delight ??? is that true. can you say. here this is now a idea more that the 3colleage at the job me. thank you
- Kuz0
aah huddersfield. there was farmer from huddersfield who had a cow who wouldn't yield, the reason why it wouldn't, is cos it didn't like it's udders field!
down in oz now eh? lucky bastard
- forcetwelve0
not bad - i reckon the locals there would have LOVED me saying that one...
yiiahh - back in AUS now - bloody hot too. not to rub it in of course... hehe
- Kuz0
:)