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▶ 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 |
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| 6. | A 2022-07-19 01:00:50 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 5. | A* 2022-07-18 15:27:43 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> | |
| 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. |
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| 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> |
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| 4. | A 2022-07-17 01:55:53 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 3. | A* 2022-07-16 17:12:26 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...> | |
| 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─┴───────╯ |
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| Diff: | @@ -11,0 +12 @@ +<pos>&v1;</pos> |
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| 2. | A 2019-04-03 11:14:39 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | ルミナス |
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| Diff: | @@ -14,0 +15 @@ +<gloss>to fail at the last moment</gloss> |
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