出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第273页（275字）
指所得的利益抵偿不了所受的损失，例他花了很大的本钱才开了这家饭店，虽然有不少收入，但还是得不偿失，赔了本。
He invested a huge amount of money to set up this hotel．Though its income has been quite considerable，yet its expendi ture outweighs the gain and he has now gone bankrupt．