at a loss

English

at a loss

(trade) Below the cost or price of purchase.
We sold those old computers at a loss.
Coordinate terms: at cost, at a profit
(idiomatic) Not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability.
I have fixed the parts I understand, and the rest leaves me at a loss.
His policies may be ineffective, but he is never at a loss for words.
I'm at a loss how to proceed.

(not sure; lacking ideas, direction, etc.): at sea, bewildered, stumped, up a tree

below the cost or price of purchase

Catalan: a pèrdua
Chinese:
Mandarin: 虧本／亏本 (zh) (kuīběn), 賠本／赔本 (zh) (péiběn), 蝕本／蚀本 (zh) (shíběn)
Dutch: met verlies
Finnish: tappiollisesti (fi), tappiolla
French: à perte (fr)
Hungarian: áron alul
Icelandic: með tapi, (running at a loss) hallarekstur m, (operation at a loss) taprekstur m
Polish: ze stratą
Russian: с убы́тком (ru) (s ubýtkom), в убыток (v ubytok)
Spanish: a pérdida
Turkish: zararına (tr)

not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability

Chinese:
Mandarin: 困惑不解 (zh) (kùnhuòbùjiě), 茫然 (zh) (mángrán), 不知所措 (zh) (bùzhīsuǒcuò)
Czech: bezradný m
Danish: rådvild
Finnish: neuvoton (fi), (lacking ability) avuton (fi)
French: perdu (fr), complètement perdu
German: ratlos (de), auf dem Schlauch stehen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἄπορος (áporos)
Hungarian: tanácstalan (hu), fogalma sincs
Icelandic: ráðþrota m, ráðvilltur m, ráðalaus m, (at a loss for words) vefjast tunga um tönn, (be at a loss) fallast hendur, (completely at a loss) eins og álfur út úr hól, (be at a loss) koma af fjöllum, (be at a loss for words) verða orðfall, (be at a loss for an answer) verða svarafátt, (he was at a loss) það komu vöflur á hann
Japanese: 途方に暮れる (ja) (トホウ-に-くれる tohō-ni-kureru)
Maori: whakamāpuna, pākira, pōkīkī, tāhurihuri, rōrī, pōkaikaha
Norwegian: rådvill, på bærtur (to be in the woods)
Bokmål: rådløs
Nynorsk: rådlaus
Polish: w rozterce
Portuguese: perdido (pt), desorientado (pt)
Russian: в замеша́тельстве (ru) (v zamešátelʹstve), расте́рянный (ru) (rastérjannyj), в недоуме́нии (ru) (v nedouménii), в расте́рянности (ru) (v rastérjannosti), в затрудне́нии (ru) (v zatrudnénii)
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