no-win situation

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

He’s voting for Trump, after supporting President Biden four years ago and Trump in 2016, but calls this year’s election “a no-win situation.”

From Los Angeles Times

With Harris as the Democratic nominee, however, Trump is caught in a no-win situation.

From Salon

Deanna Martinez, a Moses Lake City Council member who chairs the mainstream group, called the presidential election “personally, a no-win situation.”

From Seattle Times

That stance has increasingly left Mr. Biden in a no-win situation.

From New York Times

To simply measure his young team by victories would be a no-win situation, or at best a rare-win one.

From Seattle Times