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You're in the red. The expression "in the red" refers to a color of ink. Handwritten accounting records in ledger books used to be kept in black ink for positive amounts and red ink for negative amounts. When the balance was written in the red ink, you had a balance below zero--a "minus" amount--meaning that you owed money. You were "in the red."

There's no such thing as being below the red. You can't be more minus than minus.

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* My finances are way below the red.

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