Pyrrhic victory.
Pyrrhic Victory (Ancient Greek origin)
The speaker probably meant a Pyrrhic victory: a victory won, but at too great of a cost.
The speaker probably meant a Pyrrhic victory: a victory won, but at too great of a cost.
Pyrrhic Victory
It is called a Pyrrhic victory.
A Pyrrhic victory is a victory with devastating cost to the victor; it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately cause defeat. a metrical foot that features two unstressed syllables
Pyrrhus, a Greek king who championed the Greek resistance to the Romans in Southern Italy. Although Pyrrhus won too battles against the Romans, his losses were indeed high, and he is said to have made this prediction when congratulated on his second victory. Today, a victory at too high a cost is called a pyrrhic victory.
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The human cost in soldier and peasant suffering and deaths was too great.
A Pyrrhic victory
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One type of success that fits this description is called a "Pyrrhic victory" (usually capitalized) that refers to the war by Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, against the Romans, circa 280 BC. His victories cost him so many irreplaceable troops that it was practically a defeat.A Pyrrhic victory is one that comes at too great a cost, or one that leads to later defeat or failure. As an example, the Japanese effort against the US at the Battle of the Coral Sea is referred to as a "tactical victory and strategic defeat" because it cost them an irreplaceable aircraft carrier and the use of two more. It also prevented an invasion that they desperately needed to succeed.