The company won the lawsuit, but it was a Pyrrhic victory because of all the bad publicity they received during the trial.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Pyrrhic victory — Pyr′rhic vic′tory n. cvb a victory or goal achieved at too great a cost • Etymology: 1880–85; < Gk Pyrrhikós; after a remark attributed by Plutarch to Pyrrhus, who declared, after a costly victory over the Romans, that another similar victory… … From formal English to slang
Pyrrhic victory — Pyr|rhic vic|to|ry [ˌpırık ˈvıktəri] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Pyrrhus (312? 272BC), Greek king whose army defeated the Romans but had very many killed and wounded] a victory in which the person who wins suffers so much that the victory was… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pyrrhic victory — pyr|rhic vic|to|ry [ ,pırık vıkt(ə)ri ] noun count a victory that is not worth winning because you lost a lot in order to achieve it … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Pyrrhic victory — Pyrrhic Pyr rhic, a. [L. pyrrhichius, Gr. ? belonging to the ? (sc. ?) a kind of war dance.] 1. Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance. ye have the pyrrhic dance as yet. Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. (Pros.) Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pyrrhicvictory — Pyr·rhic victory (pĭrʹĭk) n. A victory that is offset by staggering losses. [After Pyrrhus.] * * * … Universalium
Pyrrhic — Pyr rhic, a. [L. pyrrhichius, Gr. ? belonging to the ? (sc. ?) a kind of war dance.] 1. Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance. ye have the pyrrhic dance as yet. Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. (Pros.) Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
