Meanings (ES + gloss)
victoria pírrica
A very costly victory, wherein the considerable losses outweigh the gain, so as to render the struggle not worth the cost.
Tough pensions regulation designed to protect employees in final-salary occupational schemes will prove a pyrrhic victory for unions and the government, a report warned yesterday.
We now know that it [the Six-Day War] was a Pyrrhic victory.
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