Idiom
not win for losing
Meaning
To repeatedly fail in one's gambles or efforts.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I try to fix one problem, but I cannot win for losing.”
“Every time I fix the leaky pipe, a new one bursts, and I feel like I cannot win for losing.”
“Despite his meticulous efforts to stabilize the failing project, he found himself in a situation where he could not win for losing, as every corrective measure only invited further disaster.”
Examples
simple
“I try to fix one problem, but I cannot win for losing.”
contextual
“Every time I fix the leaky pipe, a new one bursts, and I feel like I cannot win for losing.”
complex
“Despite his meticulous efforts to stabilize the failing project, he found himself in a situation where he could not win for losing, as every corrective measure only invited further disaster.”
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