| 释义 |
a mug's game 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...- Whether times make the politician, or individuals drive events, forecasting a wannabe PM's likely legacy is a mug's game.
- Amanda said: ‘Drugs are a mug's game and Andrew felt the only way of staying clean was to move out of Selby.’
- I know, I know, it's a mug's game to try to ‘improve’ on any script, especially this one, but I'm curious to see what you'll think.
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