engelska-danska översättning av pyrrhic victory

pyrrhussejrAt holde fast ved denne udgave ville være en pyrrhussejr. To persist in wanting this kind of market would be a Pyrrhic victory. Måske er det en pyrrhussejr, men det vil tiden vise. This might well be a Pyrrhic victory, but we shall have to wait and see. Naturligvis ikke en pyrrhussejr i økonomisk forstand, men snarere i retlig forstand. By this I mean of course a pyrrhic victory not in the economic sense but rather in the legal sense.

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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