at the expense of

Meaning

1. at the expense of sb / sth

   with loss or damage to sb / sth

   He built up the business at the expense of his health.

In the movies · 64

• Not at the expense of protecting the homeland, you can't...Zero Dark Thirty2012
• You discovered the truth at the expense of your life.The Unholy2021
• would come at the expense of our awfully good fission program.Oppenheimer2023
• So you got your revenge, at the expense of a U.S. Government investigation.Rush Hour 22001
• CHiCo: So at the expense of your very wide butt...Batman: Under the Red Hood2010
• No, he-he thought that a fusion program would come at the expense of our awfully good fission program.Oppenheimer2023
• At our expense.Arthur the King2024
• All expense... yeah.Waiting for Guffman1997

Learn it in full scenes

• Oppenheimer2023
  • Bohr Sends Oppenheimer to Göttingen
  • Strauss Offers Oppenheimer a Job
  • Rabi Meets Oppenheimer on a Train
• Arthur the King2024
  • Michael's Team Fights the Tide
  • Michael Hustles for a Comeback
  • Michael Pitches for the Dominican Race

From the same entry

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