jmdict 2838888 Active (id#2197253)
相撲に勝って勝負に負ける
すもうにかってしょうぶにまける
  1. [exp,v1] [id]
    • to ultimately fail despite being in a favourable position
    • to fail at the last moment
    • to win the battle but lose the war
    • [lit] to have the upper hand in sumo (technique) but lose the match
History:
    • A 2022-07-19 01:00:50 Jim Breen
    • A* 2022-07-18 15:27:43 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      I don't think "win the sumo" makes sense in this context. 
      "to lose despite being the better fighter" is essentially the literal meaning.
    • Diff
      @@ -14 +14,2 @@
      -<gloss>to lose despite being the better fighter</gloss>
      +<gloss>to ultimately fail despite being in a favourable position</gloss>
      +<gloss>to fail at the last moment</gloss>
      @@ -16,2 +17 @@
      -<gloss>to fail at the last moment</gloss>
      -<gloss g_type="lit">to win the sumo, but lose the match</gloss>
      +<gloss g_type="lit">to have the upper hand in sumo (technique) but lose the match</gloss>
    • A 2022-07-17 01:55:53 Jim Breen
    • A* 2022-07-16 17:12:26 Stephen Kraus
    • Refs
      Google N-gram Corpus Counts
      ╭─ーーーーーーーーー─┬───────╮
      │ 勝って勝負に負ける │   620 │
      │ 勝って勝負に負けた │ 2,215 │
      │ 勝って勝負に負けて │   104 │
      ╰─ーーーーーーーーー─┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -11,0 +12 @@
      +<pos>&v1;</pos>
    • A 2019-04-03 11:14:39 Jim Breen
    • Refs
      ルミナス
    • Diff
      @@ -14,0 +15 @@
      +<gloss>to fail at the last moment</gloss>
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