expense

at (one's) expense

1. Falling under one's financial responsibility. Once I learned that the trip was at my expense, I decided not to go.
2. To one's detriment or disadvantage. I was furious when I heard the other kids telling jokes at my little brother's expense.
See also: expense
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

expense

n. a baby; a child. (see also deduction.) The little expense just cries, craps, and chows.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • at (one's) expense
  • at expense
  • at somebody's expense
  • at someone's expense
  • at the expense of
  • at the expense of somebody/something
  • Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.
  • damn the consequences
  • damn the consequences, expense, etc.
  • damn the expense
  • expense
  • expense is no object
  • go to the expense
  • go to the expense of (something)
  • go to the expense of something/of doing something
  • go to the trouble
  • Money is no object
  • money, expense, etc. is no object
  • no expense is spared
  • out-of-pocket expenses
  • pad (one's)/the expense account
  • put (one) to a lot of expense
  • put (one) to great expense
  • put (one) to the expense of (doing) (something)
  • put somebody to the expense of something/of doing something
  • recoup (something) from (someone or something)
  • recover from (someone or something)
  • recuperate from (someone or something)
  • spare no expense
  • spare no expense/pains/trouble doing something
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