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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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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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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the straw that broke the camel's back »
A 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.
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twist in the wind »
To be unassisted and without comfort in a situation likely to result in distress or failure.
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