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безнадёжен (A person or thing that can no longer hope to succeed or be changed for the better. ‘he denied his drinking problem, and his friend left believing he was a lost cause' Bullfinch) | |||
дохлый номер (Не стоит просить у него денег-это дохлый номер. It's not worth asking him for money-it's a lost cause.; ничего не выйдет nothing will come of it, it is a futile effort) |
a lost cause: 6 phrases in 3 subjects |
General | 4 |
Makarov | 1 |
Rhetoric | 1 |