Meaning of heads I win, tails you lose | Babel Free

Definitions

Said to describe a conflict in which someone has a particular advantage from the start.

Examples

“I suppose it is just as if he had said to me, "Heads I win, tails you lose." I thought that it was against law; but this man, Lord they call him, quieted me with his reciprocity.”

“I'll flip a coin, heads I win, tails you lose—and the loser must tell a story”

“So here was an early instance of the "heads I win, tails you lose" dilemma, in which the United States is faced with corrupt regimes, on the one hand, and Islamic militants, on the other—or indeed a collusion between them.”

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