单词 | losing battle, a |
释义 | losing battle, aAlso, a losing game. A failing effort or activity. For example, He's fighting a losing battle against putting on weight, or We think his candidacy is a losing game. These expressions, alluding to actual unsuccessful battles or games, have been used figuratively since the early 1600s. Also see lost cause. Words nearby losing battle, aalopecia pityrodes, alopecia symptomatica, alopecia totalis, alopecia universalis, à l'orange, losing battle, a, Alost, a lot, aloud, alouette, alow The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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