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mug's game

noun

  1. a foolish, useless, or ill-advised venture.


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Origin of mug's game1

First recorded in 1905–10
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“Timing” the stock market historically has been a mug’s game.

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I’ve written before that counting on corporate leaders to stand firm against policy threats to American democracy or the U.S. economy is a mug’s game.

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It has long been clear that relying on corporate leaders to stand fast for social and economic progress is a mug’s game.

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Predictions, then, are a mug’s game - and here is your mug.

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Studies also indicate that trying to move deftly from sector to sector is a mug’s game.

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