理りに勝かって非ひに落おちる

expression

to lose an argument despite being in the right; to have right on one's side but still lose

Proverb-like expression describing a situation where logic or justice is on one's side, but one still ends up losing or being defeated in a dispute. Often used to lament the gap between principle and outcome.

• 裁さい判ばんでは理りに勝かって非ひに落おちることもある。

  In court, you can sometimes lose even when you are in the right.

• 彼かれは正せい論ろんを言いったのに、理りに勝かって非ひに落おちる結けっ果かになった。

  He made a valid argument, but ended up losing despite being right.