OSSes 관용구

cut losses

quit the project and accept the financial losses If the stock price goes down, sell them and cut your losses.

cut one's losses

do something to stop losing money or something We should sell the old machinery as soon as possible and try and cut our losses.

take possession

receive the keys as the new owner """We bought a house in Parkland."" ""When do you take possession?"""

in possession of

having or controlling；occupying 占有；具有
The old professor is in possession of many books．这位老教授拥有大量的书籍。
Our library is in possession of several sets of encyclopaedias．我们图书馆存有好几部百科全书。
Peter is in possession of the house which belonged to his father．彼得现在占用原来属于他父亲的房子。

in the possession of

owned or controlled by被…占有
The famous portrait is now in the possession of the National Gallery，那张有名的照片被保存在国家美术馆里。

possessed of

in possession of拥有
He is possessed of great natural ability．他天赋很高。
He was possessed of a big vocabulary．他的词汇量很大。

take possession of

become owner of占有；拥有
You can't take possession of the house until all the papers have been signed．所有文件都签好之后房子才归你所有。

possessed by

Idiom(s): possessed by sth

Theme: CONTROL

under the control of something; obsessed with something.
• She acted as if she were possessed by evil spirits.
• He was possessed by a powerful sense of guilt.

Cut your losses

If you cut your losses, you avoid losing any more money than you already have by getting out of a situation before matters worsen.

cut one's losses|cut|loss|losses

v. phr. To stop spending time, money, or energy on unprofitable projects and concentrate on what goes well. "Just cut your losses, Jim," his father suggested, "and get on with the rest of your life."

possessed of|possessed

adj. phr., formal In possession of; having; owning. He was possessed of great wealth. He was possessed of great self-confidence.

self-possessed|possessed|self

adj. Confident; sure of one self. Before he made his first million, he used to be shy, but afterwards he became very self-possessed.

possessed

possessed
possessed of
in possession of

possession is nine points of the law

possession is nine points of the law
Actually holding something is better than merely claiming it. For example, When Karen told John he must return the sofa he'd borrowed, he said possession is nine points of the law. This term originally alluded to nine elements that would aid someone's lawsuit, among them a good lawyer, good witnesses, a good jury, a good judge, and good luck. In time, however, the term was used more for squatter's rights. [Late 1500s]