English-Italian translations for pyrrhic victory

• vittoria di Pirro
  Temiamo una vittoria di Pirro nella lite. We fear a Pyrrhic victory in this dispute.
  Ostinarsi su questa versione sarebbe una vittoria di Pirro. To persist in wanting this kind of market would be a Pyrrhic victory.
  Sarebbe una vittoria di Pirro non in senso economico bensì in senso legale. By this I mean of course a pyrrhic victory not in the economic sense but rather in the legal sense.

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

Related words

• pyrrhic
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