Losingmoney.Beingindebt.亏损，欠债；it\'\'sbelievedthisphraseoriginatesfromaccountantswhoareselectiveonwhichcolorinktheyusewhenmakingentriesinafirm\'\'sbook.传说这个词组的来源与会计有关。会计在公司的账本上记账的时候，用什么颜色的笔很有讲究。Ifsomeoneisdoingbusinessataloss,insteadofusingblackink,accountantswilluseredtowritedownthedeficit.如果有亏损，会计就会用红色的笔标出赤字，而不是用黑色的。Indeed,thecolorredisprominentlyusedinbusinessestosignifyaloss,whileblackisusedtoindicateaprofit.的确，在商业环境中，红色常常用来表示亏损，黑色用来表示收益。Thus,acompanythat\'\'sinterestedinmakingmoneywoulddesiretobe\'\'intheblack\'\'ratherthanbe\'\'inthered.\'\'因此，想赚钱的公司都很希望自己是intheblack而不是inthered.Thisidiomseeminglyoriginatesfromtheearly1900s.这个词组应该是起源于19世纪。Therearenumerousnewspapersfromthatperiodoftimewhichusethephrasewhenreferringtobusinessesfunctioningataloss.在那个时候，有很多报纸，上面用到这个词组来描述亏损的企业。Forexample,theDailyGlobefrom1927,underthesubheading\'\'FailedtogetInterest,\'\'reads:比如，DailyGlobe在1972年的副标题为FailedtogetInterest的文章中这么写道：\'\'Iregrettoreporttoyouthatthepeoplewhoputmoneyintoitfailedby$30,000toearnevenoperatingexpenseanddepreciation.Thecompanyisintheredallthetime.\'\'我很遗憾地告诉大家，投钱进去的人亏损了3万美元，甚至连营运和折旧费用都没有赚回来，公司一直在亏损之中。Forexample:举例：1.Hiscompany,however,endedupinthered.Itlostmoremoneythanitearned.Thecompanywasnolongerprofitable.但是，他的公司最后还是亏损了。亏的钱比赚的还多。现在已经不盈利了；2.Workouthowmuchsleepyouoweyourbodyandfindouthowtorecoverifyoursleepaccountisinthered.算出你到底缺少了多少睡眠。如果你的睡眠帐户处于赤字的话，要用多少时间来补。