Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

cut your losses in a hurry, and move on

English answer:

accept whatever losses you have suffered and continue with your life

Added to glossary by Jenni Lukac (X)
Jul 8, 2010 04:53
13 yrs ago
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English term

cut your losses in a hurry, and move on

English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
A nymphomaniac girlfriend might only be great material for a movie, a letter to Playboy, or a fantasy. Real life isn’t as fantastic: at worst they have a serious medical condition; at best they are exhausting…
Here is some handy advice from a website called midlifebachelor.com:
“Get what you can out of your relationship with a nymphomaniac woman – and be prepared to cut your losses in a hurry, and move on… sleep with her quickly, and then vanish into thin air as if you were never there to begin with.”
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Jul 12, 2010 07:09: Jenni Lukac (X) Created KOG entry

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accept whatever losses you have suffered and continue with your life

To cut your losses is accept or minimize your losses if you are in a situation in which you will never see a profit / benefits before you have big problems. To move on means to leave them behind. This is a financial concept applied here to emotional and physical relationships.

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Note added at 45 mins (2010-07-08 05:38:20 GMT)
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The author is saying that the reader should not get emotionally involved with the nymphomaniac woman or get addicted to having sex with her.
Peer comment(s):

agree JaneTranslates
57 mins
Good morning and thanks, Jane.
agree Sheila Wilson : Very idiomatic English that can't be easy for non-natives to understand
2 hrs
Thanks Sheila. Both the language and some of the concepts are probably pretty difficult to understand.
agree BdiL : "Minding your own f*** business regardless of chick's trodding your jewels and beating sh** out o' there ASAP... This would sound more idiomatic to me. Still, I like your explanation note a lot, very useful! Maurizio
4 hrs
Thanks Mauricio. There's always that "real life" factor to be taken into consideration...
agree Ildiko Santana
15 hrs
Good evening and thanks, ildiko.
agree Anna Herbst : Great explanation, Jenni!
22 hrs
Cheers and thanks, Anna.
agree Phong Le
1 day 4 hrs
Greetings and thanks, Phong.
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