at expense

Meaning

1. Oxford60% of films

   paid for by sb

   At our expense.

2. Oxford40% of films

   if you make a joke at sb's expense, you laugh at them and make them feel silly

   Lloyd got a great deal of enjoyment at my expense when he was alive.

In the movies · 6

• Lloyd got a great deal of enjoyment at my expense when he was alive.Steel Magnolias1989
• At our expense.Arthur the King2024
• - Well, not at our expense, I hope. - Good heavens, no. She was going anyway.The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
• You discovered the truth at the expense of your life.The Unholy2021
• Y'all spared no expense this time, Byron.3:10 to Yuma2007
• Vegetables are a big monthly expense for you.Sicko2007
• I don't need the extra expense.About Schmidt2002
• "Spare no expense," he used to say.Jurassic World2015

Learn it in full scenes

• Steel Magnolias1989
  • Truvy Hires Annelle
  • Truvy Hires Annelle
  • Shelby's Wedding Morning
• Arthur the King2024
  • Michael's Team Fights the Tide
  • Michael Hustles for a Comeback
  • Michael Pitches for the Dominican Race
• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
  • War Starts at Midnight
  • The Home Guard Exercise Turns Real
  • General Wynne-Candy Is Taken Prisoner

From the same entry

• at the expense of
• go to the expense of doing
• put to the expense of doing
• expense, money, is no object

More idioms

• be good friends
• by comparison
• have a part
• have your doubts
• in theory
• make certain
• not just yet
• not later than
• in reality
• give a whirl
• at first sight
• throw in the towel