When you voluntarily lose (to make someone feel better, to end an argument), and then the situation gets even worse. So, what you thought you would gain by losing on purpose is lost anyway.
It’s a colloquial equivalent to paving the road to hell with good intentions.
(A lot of people writing their definitions for this are trying to make logic out of the phrasing but weren’t around when this phrase was more popular, leading to incorrect definitions.)
It’s a colloquial equivalent to paving the road to hell with good intentions.
(A lot of people writing their definitions for this are trying to make logic out of the phrasing but weren’t around when this phrase was more popular, leading to incorrect definitions.)
I let my spouse win the argument to calm down the situation, and now I’m getting criticized for not sticking up for myself. I can’t win for losing!
by Jemie Weino October 8, 2022
by Power Master March 11, 2019
To break down
by The real him March 14, 2023
June 8th is national losing balls day. Dedicated to all the girls out there who choked and accidentally swallowed some balls
You sucked them too hard they fell off!
Sorry! i accidentally chocked on them
well i guess today is national losing balls day!
Sorry! i accidentally chocked on them
well i guess today is national losing balls day!
by Hinkerdinker101 June 9, 2023
Someone of sheer idiocracy misplacing their keys inside their hoodie. They generally have a stench of angry mussels that follow them.
Losing keys in your pocket
by BOHICA84 July 5, 2013
by Olive Elizabeth Lou February 1, 2019