tS=Eli got the big house on the hill with the hot tub and conservatory but they were <b>pyrrhic</b> pleasures.<br><br>She won the appeal, but it was a <b>pyrrhic</b> victory because she was from then on labeled a trouble-maker and virtually ignored. &tQ=<b>Pyrrhic</b> means:&tC=Meaningless|Ill-begotten|Fleeting|Costly|Greedy&cC=4&fB=<b>Pyrrhic</b> means costly. A <b>pyrrhic</b>victory is one that is offset by staggering losses. To pay a lawyer 10,000 dollars to win a 5,000 dollars lawsuit is a <b>pyrrhic</b> victory. <b>Pyrrhic</b> is pronouned PIR-ik.
