on a losing wicket

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on a losing wicket

1. (idiomatic) in a no-win situation.
   • 1995, William Conrad Gibbons, The US government and the Vietnam war, V.4, page 292:

     Recognize that we are on a losing wicket in Vietnam.

   • 2007 September 3, Helen Pidd, “Pitt happy, but Ridley Scott grumbles”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     I'm sure we're on a losing wicket but we're fighting technology.

   • 2008 June 14, Vicki Woods, “They say milestones, but mean tombstones”, in The Daily Telegraph‎^[2]:

     Our part-time Defence Secretary is also on a losing wicket over grim milestones.