hollow victory (English, noun)
expansion: hollow victory (plural hollow victories)
Senses:
glosses: A Pyrrhic victory; an empty victory that is not worth winning because so much is lost in order to achieve it.
tags: proscribed
sometimes
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hollow, victory. A victory that is hollow, i.e. meaningless.
Forms:
form: hollow victories
tags: plural