Any game you are more likely to lose than win, no matter how sweet the odds or how much it LOOKS like you'll win.
"Hey man, I'm gonna go play poker with Scott. You in?"
"Hell no, that's a mug's game. Scott's a professional magician, are you stupid? He'll rob you blind."
"Alright man, your loss. I like my chances."
"Hell no, that's a mug's game. Scott's a professional magician, are you stupid? He'll rob you blind."
"Alright man, your loss. I like my chances."
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Get the mug's game mug.Usually morning coffee break. Still used on the waterfront in New England fishing towns particularly Gloucester, MA. Term was used in the movie Captains Corageous ( 1925, Spenser Tracy ) to add local flavor to this movie about the hard life of the Gloucester fishermen.
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