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a lost causestresses
gen. 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)
inf. 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
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Makarov1
Rhetoric1