a lost cause

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a lost cause

something or someone that has no chance of success I tried to stop the kids dropping their clothes on the floor, but finally decided it was a lost cause.

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A new poll has suggested that public support for the war in Afghanistan has fallen, with nearly two-thirds of Britons believing it is a lost cause. Poll shows Brits see Afghan war as 'unwinnable' by Independent Television News Limited (ITN) The three-year-old looked woefully outpaced over 6f and the race was a lost cause by the time she found her stride. BEST LONGSHOT by The Racing Post (London, England) Byline: Sue Carroll TORY MP Nadine Dorries calling the expenses revelations a "McCarthyite witch-hunt" is the most deluded, desperate attempt yet to garner public support for a lost cause. MPs on the ropes by The Mirror (London, England)			a leap in the dark a leg up A leopard can't change its spots a level playing field a life-saver a lightning rod A likely story a lingua franca a liquid lunch a list as long as arm a litmus test A little bird told me a little horror a live wire a living death a living hell a load of a load of crap a load off feet a load off mind a lone wolf a long face a long haul a long shot a loose cannon a lost cause a lounge lizard a love child a love nest a love-in a low ebb a lump in throat a magic moment a magic touch a magic wand a man after own heart a man for all seasons a man of few words a man of God a man of his word a man of letters a man of many parts a man of means a man of straw a man of the cloth a man of the world A man's got to do what a man's got to do a man's man a man-about-town a man-eater a mare's nest			A Little Space Visualized A little work never killed anyone A Live One a live wire a living death a living hell A lo mejor a load of a load of crap a load of shit a load off feet a load off mind A Local Organic Farmland Trust A Logical Modernization Approach a lone wolf a long face a long haul a long shot A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... A Long-Term Fellowship A Look At Urban Culture A Look Back at Braddock a loose cannon a loose translation a lost cause a lot a lot of beating a lot of beating a lot of beating a lot of beating A Lotta Firetrucks a lounge lizard a love child a love nest A Love Supreme a love-in A Loving Family Affair a low ebb a lump in throat a Lyrae a magic moment a magic touch a magic wand A Mail Virus Scanner A Major Decision A Major Recording Label A majority of the entire membership A majority of the entire membership a mama's boy a man after own heart A Man for All Seasons A Man for All Seasons a man Friday a man of few words

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