English Dictionary

hiding to nothing

名詞

イギリス英語 慣用表現 くだけた表現

(idiomatic, Britain, informal) A situation in which victory has little or no value, but defeat has a huge cost.

日本語の意味

勝利はあまり意味を持たず、敗北には大きな代償が伴う状況 / 勝った場合の利益がほとんどなく、負けた場合は甚大な損失を被る事態

The election left the incumbent with a hiding to nothing — technically re-elected, but ruined by scandal and expense.

その選挙は現職にとって代償の大きい勝利に終わった。名目上は再選されたが、スキャンダルと出費で打ちのめされた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, Britain, informal) A situation in which victory has little or no value, but defeat has a huge cost.

It would have been madness to encourage them to back the mare : in fact I was on a hiding to nothing whatever happened.

hidings to nothing （ plural ）