得不偿失

/ dé bù cháng shī /

1
More harm than good
冒险 得不偿失 ( More harm than good ): 冒险做成一局，很可能助长冒险的勇气，结果失去大局，冒险的收支会不成比例。
2
pay for one's whistle
... pay for one's footing 缴纳入会费 pay for one's whistle 得不偿失 pay for 偿还 ...
3
be not worth the candle
... it be not worth noting 不值得注意的是 Be Not Worth A Straw 寸草不如 ; 草芥不如 ; 毫无价值 be not worth the candle 得不偿失 ...
4
A Bad Bargain
... The Heifer and the Ox小母牛和公牛 A Bad Bargain得不偿失 The Belly and Its Members肚子和他的器官 ...

短语

1
寓意就是犯罪得不偿失。
And the moral is that crime doesn't pay.
《牛津词典》
2
在安全措施方面节省开支可能会得不偿失。
Scrimping on safety measures can be a false economy.
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3
越来越多的证据表明这是得不偿失的。
The evidence is mounting that they do not.

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