both sides suffer 两败俱伤
分类: 英语学习方法
“两败俱伤”,汉语成语,意思是斗争双方都受到损伤,谁也没得到好处(there is no victor in the strife)。可以翻译为“both sides suffer/lose,或neither side gains/wins”。
例句:
在那场战争中他们两败俱伤。
Neither side gained in the war.
还是讲和为好,免得两败俱伤。
It would be better for both sides to make peace than to wear each other out.