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Throwing good money after bad !!! |
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| Rudy |
We're having such problems with our database software. |
| Diane |
Does it crash a lot ? |
| Rudy |
It does but it also seems to be full of bugs, which gives us
inaccurate results at times. |
| Diane |
That's bad. What are you going to do about it ? |
| Rudy |
Well we're thinking of getting a software consultant in to get the
bugs out of the system. |
| Diane |
That could be throwing good money after bad.
Why don't you buy newer and more reliable software ? |
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If you say that someone is throwing money
after bad, you are critical of them for trying to improve
a bad situation by spending more money on it, instead of doing more
thoughtful of practical things to improve it. |
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Example : Do you know that
he has gambled away the $5,000 you lent him last time ? If you lend
him any more money, you are throwing good
money after bad. |
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