2006-12-24 00:22:42 · 15 answers · asked by FairGround 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Whether in reference to an event, or person it simply means 'hopeless'.
2006-12-24 00:25:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Lost cause would be forfeting, or giving up on something. It will a cause where a person, organization or country gave a lot of financial, military or humanitary support, but that the results are either minimal or unsatisfying
Examples would be rescuing victims from an accident. So many days have passed and the chances of survival of victims are small, therefore, that would be a lost cause.
Another would be in business, an investor buying shares from a company on the verge of bankrupcy. His money and bread would then be invested in a lost cause.
On the other hank, the war on Iraq IS NOT (at least, not at this moment) a lost cause, because the final reports and conclusions have still not been written and released. It will still take several years (maybe even decades) for historians to determine the conclusion of the war in Iraq.
2006-12-24 00:51:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen that movie and the first time I seen it and heard it i was like what does that mean, but I got it now. The guy driving the ambulance say that he is a lost cause because the other guy is trying to bring him back to life. He was really trying to say give up on him and all because he was dead at the time, but the other guy says there s no such thing as a lost cause really meaning that he was not going to give up trying and stay with it to the end. Just like how he stayed with the girl and try’s to find her and all when a different guy says that finding the boat and her is a lost cause. St Jude be trade Jesus in the end but Jesus stayed with him to the end, god will stay with you to the end and will try to point you in the right direction even if you are going down.
2016-05-23 03:42:50 · answer #3 · answered by Jaime 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lost cause does NOT mean giving up. It means that something is impossible to overcome.
For instance, if you dropped a diamond ring into the ocean, it is a lost cause, whether or not you try to look for it.
If a dog has been extremely violent to people because of a poor puppyhood, it is a lost cause, whether or not you try to train it.
If someone you know keeps doing stupid things, and when you tell them to stop they do more just to spite you, then they are a lost cause, whether or not you keep trying to help them.
2006-12-24 06:20:45 · answer #4 · answered by jellybeanchick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I do not believe in this term when it applies to people and many things. I have turned many of my college students and one of my daughters around and headed them in the right direction. Many of which have made it all the way to the top.
A lost cause is supposedly when you give up on something or someone. Like the dems and media have done in Iraq
2006-12-24 00:29:54 · answer #5 · answered by loligo1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Give it up - there is no point continuing with whatever you are doing because it won't make a difference in the end. An example might be, trying to help someone only to find that you have helped them repeatedly and nothing has changed as a result of your actions.
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2006-12-24 00:26:02 · answer #6 · answered by D N 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means no hope or no chance at all to be changed.
Example: Redan is a drug addict and has been in and out of rehabilitation for a decade now.
Redan is a LOST CAUSE. We can't do anything to help him now.
2006-12-24 00:25:41 · answer #7 · answered by vincentb88 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Troops still Iraq to develop democracy is a pretty good example.
2006-12-24 00:24:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No point in trying to save this person.
2006-12-24 00:24:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something that seems to be worth fighting for ,but turns out that it isn't
2006-12-24 02:00:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋