English-Swedish translations for pyrrhic victory
- pyrrhussegerAtt envisas med att vilja ha denna typ av marknad skulle vara en pyrrhusseger.To persist in wanting this kind of market would be a Pyrrhic victory. Det här är kanske en pyrrhusseger men det får vi väl se.This might well be a Pyrrhic victory, but we shall have to wait and see. Naturligtvis inte en Pyrrhusseger ur ekonomisk men väl ur rättslig synpunkt.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
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