no-win situation

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noun no-win situation choice between negative outcomes 1
countable noun no-win situation If you are in a no-win situation, any action you take will fail to benefit you in any way. 0
noun no-win situation a situation offering no possibility of a favourable outcome 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

between a rock and a hard place — having to choose between two equally unpleasant alternatives
bind — If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
catch-22 — If you describe a situation as a Catch-22, you mean it is an impossible situation because you cannot do one thing until you do another thing, but you cannot do the second thing until you do the first thing.

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