English-Finnish translations for Pyrrhic victory

  • Pyrrhoksen voittoPelkäämme, että tässä kiistassa saadaan Pyrrhoksen voitto. We fear a Pyrrhic victory in this dispute. Jos tällaiset markkinat toteutetaan itsepintaisesti, se olisi Pyrrhoksen voitto. To persist in wanting this kind of market would be a Pyrrhic victory. Ehkäpä tämä on Pyrrhoksen voitto, mutta sen saamme kai vielä nähdä. This might well be a Pyrrhic victory, but we shall have to wait and see.

Definition of Pyrrhic victory

  • A very costly victory, wherein the considerable losses outweigh the gain, so as to render the struggle not worth the cost

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