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Can’t win for losing

When you voluntarily lose (to make someone feel better, to end an argument), and then the situation gets even worse. So, what you thought you would gain by losing on purpose is lost anyway.

It’s a colloquial equivalent to paving the road to hell with good intentions.

(A lot of people writing their definitions for this are trying to make logic out of the phrasing but weren’t around when this phrase was more popular, leading to incorrect definitions.)
I let my spouse win the argument to calm down the situation, and now I’m getting criticized for not sticking up for myself. I can’t win for losing!
by Jemie Weino October 8, 2022
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Bad Case of Loving You

Whoa
A hot summer night, fell like a net
I've gotta find my baby yet
I need you, to soothe my head
And turn my blue heart to red
Doctor Doctor, gimme the news
I got a bad case of lovin' you
No pill's gonna cure my ill
I got a bad case of lovin' you
A pretty face don't make no pretty heart
I learned that buddy from the start
You think I'm cute, a little bit shy
Mama, I ain't that kind of guy
Doctor Doctor, gimme the news
I got a bad case of loving you
No pill's gonna cure my ill
I got a bad case of lovin' you
I know you like it, you like it on top
Tell me mamma, are you gonna stop?
You had me down twenty-one to zip
Smile of Judas on your lip
Shake my fist, knock on wood
I got it bad, and I got it good
Doctor Doctor, gimme the news
I got a bad case of lovin' you
No pill's gonna cure my ill
I got a bad case of lovin' you
by Death Menace February 18, 2023
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I’m loving it

The word in literally every McDonald’s commercial that no one cares about but means not really loving it.
McDonald’s: I’m loving it

Me: NOT ME!
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Win from losing

The sentience of “I can’t win from losing” is a statement of when things go repeatedly wrong in an individuals life (losing), and even when things continuously goes wrong they can never catch a break.
Friend #1: Wow, So you lost your job and your wife?
Friend #2: Yea, I was fired and Susan left me
Friend #3: Dang you can’t win from losing.
by Zebracakesaresatire May 13, 2023
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Literally every Destiny says in relationship to ME is a manifestation of THAT EXACT THOUGHT.
Hym "Because when I suceed ALL OF THE IMPOSTERS LOSE EVERYTHING. No more interviews with Jordan Peterson. No more sycophants hanging on your every word. No more authority on any topic. Gone. And the people stupid enough to side against me are gone with them. 'I'm AfRaId Of LoSiNg My ChAnNeL!' You are going to lose your freedom if I'm right about your wife. Which (based on your obsession with me) I am."
by Hym Iam August 24, 2024
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the "kfc" loving people

the kfc loving people are a harsh group of thugs who love to steal. They commit half the crimes in the world but are only a small percentage of people in the world. They love to hold gun sideways and consume kfc, watermelon and Kool aid. even though they love Kool aid the one thing they fear the most is the Kool Klux Klan. imagine if the kfc loving people made there own kkk, it would be called the Kool Aid Klan
Person: No! please don't rob me!

the "kfc" loving people: shut up nigga! we goin to rob yo ass and eat yo kfc!
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win the losing lottery

To win at something no one should be proud at winning.
I won, I was the dumbest that was there. Congratulations, you (won)/ win the losing lottery.
by foodboy96 March 30, 2024
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