A co-worker of mine says this all of the time. It doesn't make too much sense. Does anyone know where this saying got started and why? Thank You!
2006-11-11 09:47:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
It means, no matter how hard I try nothing seems to work out. It's how a man feels in a marriage. He knows no matter what he does it'll be wrong. =)
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Apparently someone didn't like my wife comment. Thanks for the negative vote. No biggie.
Here's a link to where it originated and what it means.
2006-11-11 09:56:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think that the actual phrase is "I can't win at losing." It means basically that you have bad luck and nothing goes the way you want it to go. In the case of winning at losing, it means that even if you wanted to actually LOSE at something, something would happen to make you win, even if you didn't want to win.
If he is saying "I can't win for losing," it sounds like he means that he's not getting recognition for doing something second-rate or poorly.
I don't know where or when or why this saying started. I just know that I use it when I'm mad about something not going my way.
Hope this helps!
2006-11-11 17:54:02 · answer #2 · answered by Summer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it has something to do with the similar sort of notion of a cloud and a silver lining... Perhaps it is a way to say that Murphy's Law seems to apply... I am not sure why everyone else says it but for me it's all about the irony... The fact that you would THINK there is a silver lining to the cloud... right? But then it turns out that is just the glowing from the lighting coming from the next cloud...
you know, you THINK it cannot get worse and then it does...
2006-11-11 17:51:43 · answer #3 · answered by D B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard it a lot. It means your luck is so bad that you can't have a spot of good luck for constantly having bad luck. It's not the most clever saying but I can see how a frustrated person would say it.
2006-11-11 17:49:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ever heard of Pat Traverse?? He's a great singer (rock n roll) N.e.waz, he sings a song called, "If it wasn't for bad luck, well....I wouldn't have no luck at all!" Bad luck and trouble have been my only friends...and I've been down ever since I was ten! If it wasn't for bad luck, and I mean REAL BAD LUCK, well, then I wouldn't have no Friends at all!
2006-11-11 19:19:00 · answer #5 · answered by crazynays 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that all of my life. It means if it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. Kinda sounds like Rodney Dangerfield.
2006-11-11 17:58:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's old English. It means you keep trying, but don't win.
We also say 'I can't see the wood for the trees' which means you are overcomplicating a simple situation.
Hope this has helped.
2006-11-11 17:51:54 · answer #7 · answered by misseliggett 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its a really old saying, I am 24 yrs old, and I grew up hearing that saying all the time, and use it myslef, my 6yr old caught on to that saying and says it too.
2006-11-11 17:55:31 · answer #8 · answered by sweeter_than_ever69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dad says it all the time. I guess it means you can;t win.
2006-11-11 17:55:11 · answer #9 · answered by leena 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its along the same line as if it wasnt for bad luck i'd have no luck at all..no idea where it started
2006-11-11 17:49:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋