失鳕得鲱；失之东隅，收之桑榆。
他虽然赛场失利，但在大赛中积累了临阵经验，也算是失之东隅，收之桑榆吧。
Although defeated in the match, he accumulated practical experience in the grand contest. It can be said that he lost at sunrise but gained at sunset.
这家公司将于2009年生产出其原型产品，但怀疑论者已开始担忧这将是“收之桑榆，失之东隅（更确切的说是汽轮机）”。
The firm will not produce its first prototype until 2009, but sceptics already worry that what it gains on the swings, it will lose on the roundabouts—or, in this case, on the turbines.
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