It Was Necessary to Try One’s Best Not To?
Hi. Could you suggest whether there is any idiom or at least a correct expression to convey the following meaning: it was necessary to try one's best not to achieve a goal or to achieve something ridiculous. The implied sense is ironic. For example, when a football team manages not to win an evidently weaker opponent or when some scientific results prove to be predictably absurd. Thanks.
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" It is quite literary. Most people won't know it, I guess.
- " It is quite literary.
- Most people won't know it, I guess.
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There is an old saying from Aesop, in Greek, of course, so the exact wording varies in English, "The mountain labored and brought forth a mouse." It is quite literary. Most people won't know it, I guess.
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