no-win situation

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A situation certain to end in failure or disappointment, as in If the in-laws visit them or they visit the in-laws, either way they see it as a no-win situation . [c. 1960]

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Many of the individuals Yeshua-Katz spoke to commented on the no-win situation in which they found themselves.

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And on Wednesday and Thursday, the USTA had put them in a no-win situation.

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