Sentences with phrase «sure loser»

The phrase "sure loser" refers to someone or something that is guaranteed to fail or lose in a particular situation. Full definition
«The only sure loser is the «fast follower.»
The system provides approximately proportional representation, enables votes to be cast for individual candidates rather than for parties, and — compared to first - past - the - post voting — reduces «wasted» votes (votes on sure losers or sure winners) by transferring them to other candidates.
But ABC's Kimmel — Letterman's heir as the laid - back ironist of late - night — has weighed in with some surprisingly strong political bits, most notably a parody of The Producers last February in which Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick are gobsmacked when their «sure loser» candidate Trump turns into the front runner.
They play each other in week 17 in what could be a winner take all game, though I'm sure the loser will still make the playoffs as a wild card team.
Just like there are some sure winners in the lunchbox; there are some sure losers as well.
Malpass and Blakeman are sure losers, and of the polling that's been floating around, DioGuardi has the edge among Republican primary contenders and, if I recall correctly, also does better against Gillibrand than the others.
It's the same in New York as in every other state: if we have a sure winner or a sure loser, we won't put any money in there,» RGA Chair Haley Barbour told the AP.
She was courted for the Senate position because, with Bloomberg behind her, the national party would not had to have contributed money to a race that was a sure loser.
The day before the primary, Long had called Paladino a sure loser in the general election and «a dangerous candidate» for Republicans — a comment that Long amended slightly Wednesday as he answered press questions with Paladino at his side: The candidate was dangerous, Long said, «to the liberals of this state and to the dysfunction of Albany.»
Ordinarily, the carbon just forms useless gunge — which makes this form of carbon capture a sure loser.
Apart, they were sure losers, but with the help of an old hand who rehabilitated horses, and an owner that believed in him, they became winners.
At a yield of 2.25 %, the 10 - year U.S. Treasury note is a sure loser
The other side of picking winners is that coal is a sure loser.
One that isn't, is a sure loser!
This involves thoroughly reviewing the information that was used to identify the individual client in the first place and developing the skill to separate the probable winners from the sure losers.
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