你要知道，这是白白丢钱。

It's just money down the drain, you know.

《牛津词典》

我跟朋友们说了我丢钱包的事。

I spoke to my friends about my lost wallet.

youdao

你不能阻止獾打洞，我也不能阻止我丈夫丢钱包和钥匙。

You can't stop a badger from digging, and I can't stop my husband from losing his wallet and keys.

youdao

Now Mr. Milton took some risks when he separated himself from his cash and lent money to his clients, or lent more money to his clients than the collateral, the gold, was actually worth. And the motive for that risk, of course, the motive for that investment, was the expectation of a profit.

但是弥尔顿先生却冒着把自己和他的现金,也丢了的风险，或者借出去的钱比担保财产还要多，他这么投资的动机是，希望获得收益。

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