🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

at the expense of preposition

  • (figurative) In a way as to harm somebody or something; to the detriment of.
 au détriment de
au préjudice de, aux dépens de, aux frais de
  • (finance) Paid for by an individual or group.
 à ses frais
every flatterer lives at the expense of his listener
tout flatteur vit aux dépens de celui qui l’écoute
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