"at the expense" in German at the expense zu Lasten Detailed translations for "at the expense" at the expense at the expense zu Lasten He devoted his life at the expense of his family to those beliefs. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Diesem Glauben hat er zu Lasten seiner Familie sein Leben gewidmet. Well, it has been at the expense of my son. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Das ging aber zu Lasten meines Sohnes.