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Failure
Idioms: Referring to not succeeding in something |
| all washed up |
as useless as a fifth wheel |
bail out |
| beyond the pale |
bite the big one |
bite the dust |
| bite the hand that feeds you |
blow it (something) |
botch it |
| buckle under |
burn one’s bridges behind one |
cast pearls before swine |
| cast the first stone |
come a cropper |
come to nothing |
| cook one's goose |
cop out |
cry uncle |
| dead duck |
dead end |
dig your own grave |
| do out of |
down and out |
down the drain |
| drop by the wayside |
drop out (of school) |
eat away |
| eat crow |
eat dirt |
eat humble pie |
| fall apart |
fall flat |
fall from grace |
| fall off the wagon |
fall through |
fat chance |
| fizzle out |
flash in the pan |
get the ax |
| get the worst of |
give oneself up |
give out |
| give up |
give up the ghost |
give up the ship |
| give way |
go back on |
go from bad to worse |
| go haywire |
go nowhere fast |
go to pot |
| go up in smoke/flames |
goose is cooked |
gum up |
| in a pig’s eye |
in vain |
kick out |
| knock one’s head against the wall |
knock out |
lay an egg |
| lay waste |
let down |
lose out |
| lost cause (a) |
louse up |
miss out on |
| miss the boat |
no-show |
on the blink |
| on the fritz |
out of line |
out of order |
| shut out |
snowball’s chance in hell |
stand (someone) up |
| strike out |
take its toll |
throw up one’s hands |
| to pieces |
wash out |
wild goose chase |
| will not hear of |
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