Idiom
no joy
Meaning
A negative outcome; no success; a failure.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I tried to call the office, but I had no joy.”
“We searched everywhere for the missing keys, but we had no joy and had to call a locksmith.”
“Despite his persistent efforts to persuade the board to reconsider the proposal, he ultimately found no joy in his endeavor.”
Examples
simple
“I tried to call the office, but I had no joy.”
contextual
“We searched everywhere for the missing keys, but we had no joy and had to call a locksmith.”
complex
“Despite his persistent efforts to persuade the board to reconsider the proposal, he ultimately found no joy in his endeavor.”
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