Meaning Faced with a hopeless situation, even after making one's best efforts.
Usage Worldwide.
Example
- We knew that our trip to Australia was a hiding to nothing. We had to play with jet lag and they had a much stronger team anyway.
Pronunciation
Idiom
On a hiding to nothing
What does "On a hiding to nothing" mean?
Faced with a hopeless situation, even after making one's best efforts.
On a hiding to nothing
Britain, early 1900s.