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failure to thriveAbnormal weight loss, malaise.Rate it:

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failure never catches those who are chasing success.successRate it:

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failure to thriveUsed other than as an idiom: see failure, thrive.Rate it:

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failure to thriveInstances of poor physical growth or of abnormal weight loss.Rate it:

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failure to thrivePoor physical growth or level of weight, relative to one's age peers.Rate it:

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success has many fathers, failure is an orphanMany will seek credit for success, few will accept responsibility for failure.Rate it:

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“failure is bringing the wine and forgetting the glass, depression is forgetting the corkscrew."Wine Rate it:

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all for naughtvariant of 'all for nothing'; said when an effort has resulted in failure; in vain; for nothingRate it:

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do-or-dieRequiring a determined or desperate effort to avoid the consequences of failure.Rate it:

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everything happens for a reasonAll 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 BarrymoreRate it:

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pull out of the fireTo save from impending failure, destruction, or defeat.Rate it:

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risk is what fuels innovationRisk taking leads to new ideas and fosters innovation in people. Those who are not afraid of failure will make a difference in society.Rate it:

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run hot and coldTo alternate between two opposite extremes, such as enthusiasm and disinterest or success and failure.Rate it:

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a miss is as good as a mileA failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come.Rate it:

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final nail in the coffinSomething that is ultimately responsible for a previously prospective demise or failure.Rate it:

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back to square oneLocated back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure.Rate it:

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boom or bust!In A Difficult Challenging Situation, Decide To Go For Broke, Go For Success Or Failure!Rate it:

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Chinaman's chanceNo chance; zero possibility; a high or almost certain risk of death or failure.Rate it:

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depuis sa faillite il file un mauvais coton (fam.)Since his failure, his health (or, reputation) has entirely broken down.Rate it:

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often wrong, never in doubtHaving overconfidence in one's opinions that is impervious to failure.Rate it:

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answer for!be held accountable FOR your sins!"'; 'to be responsible for the results, the outcome, the success or failure thereof!Rate it:

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ARFAcute renal failure.Rate it:

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c'est un avocat manquéHe is a would-be barrister; He is a failure as a barrister.Rate it:

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cette pièce a fait fourThat piece was a failure, a frost.Rate it:

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China syndromeA hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and penetrates the earth's surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) traveling through the planet toward China.Rate it:

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circle the drainTo be in rapid decline or a state of downfall, especially as leading to inevitable utter failure or destruction.Rate it:

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dead duckA project that is doomed to failure from the start.Rate it:

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death spiralThe situation or course of action of one who is on a path toward some sort of inevitable catastrophic failure.Rate it:

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Do or DieTo get complete success or failure; to take the chance of destroy oneself in trying to succeedRate it:

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down the toiletInto a state of collapse or failure: wasted, squandered; irretrievable.Rate it:

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down the tubesInto a state of collapse or failure.Rate it:

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fabula cadita piece is a failure, falls flat.Rate it:

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fight a losing battleTo try to do something so difficult that it will probably end in failure.Rate it:

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Fix Your WagonTo punish someone, to deal someone with annoyance and criticism causing his or her failureRate it:

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game overThe end of some ongoing situation due to either failure or success.Rate it:

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have the last laughTo be vindicated; to triumph despite predicted failure; to find success after defeat or setback.Rate it:

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holding patternAny failure to advance; useless or unproductive activity.Rate it:

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homer simpsonSucceeding despite failure or idiocyRate it:

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in vainWithout success; ending in failure.Rate it:

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lay an eggTo produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful.Rate it:

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no soapIt is a failure.Rate it:

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no-showAn absence; somebody who doesn't show up or a failure to show up.Rate it:

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On the RocksIn a state of ruin, experiencing failure, bankruptcyRate it:

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on the ropesShowing signs of imminent failure or collapse.Rate it:

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political footballOngoing unproductive wrangling or posturing between political factions, resulting in failure to deal with an issue or problem in a decisive or appropriate way.Rate it:

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Proof of the Pudding is in EatingWhatever is the outcome or end result of something defines the success or failure of that thingRate it:

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ride one's luckTo avoid failure only by good fortune.Rate it:

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the straw that broke the camel's backA small and seemingly insignificant addition to a burden that renders it too much to bear; the small thing which causes failure, or causes inability or unwillingness to endure any more of something.Rate it:

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time is of the essenceFailure to complete the required performance by the date certain set forth will constitute an incurable breach.Rate it:

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twist in the windTo be unassisted and without comfort in a situation likely to result in distress or failure.Rate it:

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