英语翻译：
the game is not worth the candle; the loss is greater than the gain
例句：
- 迪克一开始舍不得花钱去看医生，如果，他的心脏病日趋严重。这真是贪小失大，得不偿失。
Dick's heart trouble became worse because he wouldn't spend money to see a doctor at the beginning; he was indeed penny wise and pound foolish.
- 因此，看起来政治家们取得了胜利。我惟一的想法是，他们为此付出了惨重的代价，未免得不偿失。世界上其他任何一个国家的政治家之间的分歧都没有这里的政治家之间的分歧那么大，那么公开。
So it looks as it the politicians have won. My only point is that it has been a Pyrrhic victory. In no country in the world are politicians held in greater or more open division than they are here.
- 犯罪是得不偿失的。
Crime doesn't pay.
分词翻译：
不的英语翻译：
nay; no; non-; nope; not; without
【医】 a-; non-; un-
偿的英语翻译：
repay
失的英语翻译：
break a promise; deviate from the normal; lose; mishap; miss