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idiomexpensedo sth at sb's expensealso at the expense of sb/sth1 if an advantage is gained at the expense of someone or something, it causes harm or disadvantage to that person or thing:Employers are cutting production costs at the expense of their workers' safety.We want to increase our manufacturing output, but not at the expense of the environment.2 if you make a joke at someone's expense, it is about them and makes other people laugh at them:The best man's speech is traditionally full of jokes at the bridegroom's expense.On today's programme, we're going to give you a laugh at our expense, by showing you all the mistakes that an interviewer can make.
expense n. a baby; a child. (see also deduction.) The little expense just cries, craps, and chows. - at (one's) expense
- at expense
- at somebody's expense
- at someone's expense
- at the expense of
- at the expense of somebody/something
- 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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