at a loss
Prepositional phrase
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Prepositional phrase
- Below the cost or price of purchase.
- We sold those old computers at a loss.
- (idiomatic) Not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability.
- I have fixed the parts I understand, and the rest leaves me at a loss.
- His policies may be ineffective, but he is never at a loss for words.
- I'm at a loss how to proceed.
- (not sure; lacking ideas, direction, etc) at sea, bewildered, stumped, up a tree
- French: à perte
- Russian: убыток
- Spanish: a pérdida
- French: perdu, complètement perdu
- German: ratlos, auf dem Schlauch stehen
- Russian: замешательство
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