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Ipodmini Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
make it a wash
Accroding to the dictionary, it means:
noun: any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out (Example: "At the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash")
I wonder why? Is it a figure of speech? or else? How to explain it?
I wonder why? Is it a figure of speech? or else? How to explain it?
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Hi, It's just an idiom. We say it that way because we like to say it that way. Best wishes, Clive
- Hi, It's just an idiom.
- We say it that way because we like to say it that way.
- Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
It's just an idiom. We say it that way because we like to say it that way.
Best wishes, Clive
It's just an idiom. We say it that way because we like to say it that way.
Best wishes, Clive
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If you stain an article of clothing, you wash it out. Now the stain has been removed, and the clothing is the same in appearance as it was before you stained it.
Likewise with money or with anything involving numbers.
If you have unexpected expenses of $100 during July, but then you win $100 in the lottery during the same month, it's a wash!
In the
Likewise with money or with anything involving numbers.
If you have unexpected expenses of $100 during July, but then you win $100 in the lottery during the same month, it's a wash!
In the
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