hiding to nothing
A situation in which victory has little or no value, but defeat has a huge cost.
It would have been madness to encourage them to back the mare : in fact I was on a hiding to nothing whatever happened.
hiding
/ˈhaɪdɪŋ/
noun 4
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3(noun.)
VERB + HIDING
go into
The suspect went into hiding after the police issued a warrant for his arrest.
come out of
The children came out of hiding when their parents called them for dinner.
PREP
in ~
After the scandal, the celebrity went in hiding for several months to avoid the media.
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