off the nut
English
Prepositional phrase
off
the
nut
(
slang
)
In
deficit
, not
profiting
;
sustaining
a
loss
.
Synonym:
in the red
Antonym:
on the nut
1928
,
The Saturday Evening Post
, volume
200
, page
116
:
My first day's business took me
off the nut
.