play a losing game

To try persistently and with great effort to do or achieve something that is ultimately doomed to fail. You're playing a losing game if you think you can convince Sarah to go to college. It looks like I'm playing a losing game trying to get a raise from my boss.

play a losing game

see under losing battle.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Calista	kə-LIS-tə (English), kah-LEE-stah (Spanish)	English, Portuguese, Spanish
Corrado	kor-RAH-do	Italian
Sandra	SAHN-drah (Italian, Dutch, Finnish), SAN-drə (English), ZAHN-drah (German)	Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic,
Chico	SHEE-koo	Portuguese
Yishai	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Aditya	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali, Indonesian