a miss is as good as a mile »
A failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come.
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back to square one »
Located back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure.
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dead duck »
A project that is doomed to failure from the start.
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do-or-die »
Requiring a determined or desperate effort to avoid the consequences of failure.
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down the tubes »
Into a state of collapse or failure.
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everything happens for a reason »
All events are purposeful.Everything happens for a reason, so there is no such thing as failure. Mary-Kate OlsenPeople like to say "everything happens for a reason." If you repeat that in your head long enough that starts to sound like "anything can happen with a razor." Laura KightlingerI believe that everything happens for a reason, but I think it's important to seek out that reason - that's how we learn. Drew Barrymore
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fight a losing battle »
To try to do something so difficult that it will probably end in failure.
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holding pattern »
Any failure to advance; useless or unproductive activity.
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in vain »
Without success; ending in failure.
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lay an egg »
To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful.
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no-show »
An absence; somebody who doesn't show up or a failure to show up.
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on the ropes »
Showing signs of imminent failure or collapse.
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pride comes before a fall »
A person who is extremely proud of his or her abilities will often suffer a setback or failure, because he or she tends to be overconfident and to make errors of judgment.
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ride one's luck »
To avoid failure only by good fortune.
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run hot and cold »
To alternate between two opposite extremes, such as enthusiasm and disinterest or success and failure.
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