Meaning of mug's game | Babel Free
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Examples
“‘It's a mug's game,’ said Crabbe.”
“The sheer destructiveness of nuclear weapons makes the quest for defenses a mug's game.”
“Although they aspired, like⟳ all natural-born gamblers, to taking a flutter and beating that system (they all loved the idea of tips, of course), they were sufficiently cynical to know⟳ it's a mug's game and that it was largely bound to fail⟳.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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