Mug's Game

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."

by Fresnel February 9, 2010

mug's game

a fool's game... a game of chance ... a random guess

Investors might discover in the weeks ahead that calling a bottom in the housing downturn is a mug's game.
Wall Street Journal Justin Lahart wrote this sentence

by Jill M. Landsman January 10, 2007

a mug's game

an activity in which it is foolish to engage because it is likely to be unsuccessful or dangerous.

"playing with drugs is a mug's game"

by Arminkshipper January 1, 2025

Mugs game

The Act of being a Mug by doing something stupid.

Stranger 1: Oi Johnson have u heard about that guy who went university but ended up on a building site 40k in debt, what a mug.
Stranger 2: Yeah Joel i have, university is a mugs game, lets go to the pub and headbutt a child.

by Johnsonthebigman January 31, 2021