- mug's game
- Noun. A foolish activity. E.g."You won't get away with stealing cars for long, it's a mug's game." Informal
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
mug's game
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mug's game — An unprofitable or ill advised activity that only a fool (mug) would do is called a mug s game. Spending hours making home made cakes for a few customers is a mug s game … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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mug's game — noun A foolish, profitless, or hopeless undertaking. The sheer destructiveness of nuclear weapons makes the quest for defenses a mugs game … Wiktionary
mug's game — noun Date: 1910 a profitless or futile activity … New Collegiate Dictionary
mug's game — a foolish, useless, or ill advised venture. [1905 10] * * * … Universalium
mug's game — Activity or undertaking which is foolish and unlikely to be successful or profitable … A concise dictionary of English slang
a mug's game — Something only fools would do • • • Main Entry: ↑mug * * * informal an activity in which it is foolish to engage because it is likely to be unsuccessful or dangerous playing with drugs is a mug s game … Useful english dictionary
(a) mug's game — a mug’s game informal phrase used for saying that something is stupid or dangerous and you should not get involved in it Thesaurus: stupid ideas or behavioursynonym Main entry: mug * * * a ˈmug s game idiom ( … Useful english dictionary
a mug's game — ► a mug s game informal an activity likely to be unsuccessful or dangerous. Main Entry: ↑mug … English terms dictionary
