victoire à la Pyrrhus

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vik.twaʁ a la pi.ʁys/

Noun

victoire à la Pyrrhus f (plural victoires à la Pyrrhus)

  1. Pyrrhic victory (very costly victory, wherein the considerable losses outweigh the gain, so as to render the struggle not worth the cost)
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