Idioms category: Failure

I have not slept one wink
time problem feeling body speech emotion success failure education learning work love trouble
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Damp squib
failure
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put his foot in his mouth
behaviour failure communication speech
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For the birds
failure
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More haste, less speed
problem time work progress success failure learning strategy
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch
problem success risk uncertainty opportunity failure
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Wild goose chase
time difficulty failure
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Lose face
failure consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence
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Ethnic cleansing
conflict history danger trouble failure
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Kick the bucket
danger failure danger failure danger failure danger failure
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lost heart
emotion failure
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Throw good money after bad
money failure risk opportunity
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The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry
failure
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Go down the drain
problem money failure
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Out of gear
failure problem difficulty movement
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Bale out
business money work failure risk
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On your beam ends
danger failure trouble
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Meet your Waterloo
history consequence failure
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Against the clock
time work competition struggle challenge danger action risk progress success failure consequence
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Wishful thinking
problem failure
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Hope for the best, prepare for the worst
failure
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Failing to plan is planning to fail
failure success strategy business work education opportunity risk consequence learning
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You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
work animal difficulty leadership failure responsibility
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In the red
money struggle trouble failure
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Egg on your face
failure
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idiom: fail to understand the important parts of a situation
problem situation failure communication
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The bigger they are, the harder they fall
success failure trouble consequence
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Cry over spilt milk
problem emotion failure
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Fall by the wayside
problem learning education failure work success business progress learning education failure work success business progress learning education
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Lead balloon - Go down like a
failure danger
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Penny wise and pound foolish
money success failure risk opportunity strategy consequence
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No dice
failure risk
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink
education difficulty leadership learning failure uncertainty opportunity action consequence
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Fall off the wagon
failure
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Forlorn hope
strategy failure difficulty risk uncertainty
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Dead cat bounce
business failure strategy risk uncertainty consequence
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Lions led by donkeys
leadership failure history conflict strategy
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Burn the candle at both ends
time work failure trouble problem success education education
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Fool's errand
failure time action work
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The best laid schemes of mice and men
problem success failure
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bite off more than he could chew
work difficulty food failure problem challenge
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The game is up
danger failure
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Go down in flames
failure
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Come a cropper
failure
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On a hiding to nothing
problem failure difficulty uncertainty risk uncertainty
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May you live in interesting times
time difficulty uncertainty challenge opportunity success failure learning
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Down the drain
failure
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Give someone the cold shoulder
behaviour danger emotion failure feeling love problem trouble
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Make a pig's ear of
problem difficulty failure
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going down the drain
problem money failure
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took the wind out of her sails
difficulty emotion failure
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the best-laid plans of mice and men
failure
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Achilles' heel
problem failure difficulty challenge struggle trouble
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More honoured in the breach than in the observance
tradition history behaviour failure
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Put all your eggs in one basket
risk strategy business money failure opportunity consequence uncertainty opportunity
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Throw in the towel
failure
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Good money after bad
money success business risk opportunity failure strategy
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fall on deaf ears
communication failure difficulty
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Barking mad
behaviour animal problem speech danger trouble danger failure
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When it rains, it pours
problem failure trouble
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Hard cases make bad law
problem difficulty failure consequence risk challenge responsibility
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Draw the short straw
work consequence opportunity risk success failure risk
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Go back to the drawing board
problem work learning failure education
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biting the dust
danger failure action conflict
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it's better to be safe than sorry
risk consequence danger failure
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Dropping like flies
danger failure trouble problem
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burned out
work emotion problem failure success time body
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Miss the boat
time opportunity failure action consequence
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Down the tubes
failure
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Throw under the bus
behaviour danger failure risk uncertainty work
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Grasp at straws
problem failure difficulty
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Bite off more than you can chew
difficulty food failure challenge
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going south
failure
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Fiddling while Rome burns
danger leadership opportunity consequence failure history time action consequence leadership opportunity responsibility consequence failure
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Murphy's Law
difficulty failure problem trouble struggle
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two left feet
body failure movement
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Last straw
problem trouble danger failure
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Clutch at straws
problem failure struggle
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Draw a blank
problem difficulty failure speech communication uncertainty
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Go over like a lead balloon
failure
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A miss is as good as a mile
difficulty failure
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They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance
difficulty animal failure action
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trial and error
problem learning progress difficulty failure success education
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Use your head
problem education learning success danger failure
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Go to the dogs
failure
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fell on deaf ears
communication failure problem speech
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Nul points
competition failure
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Clutching at straws
problem feeling failure
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Hoist with your own petard
behaviour consequence action failure trouble difficulty challenge strategy
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Don't hold your breath
time danger risk difficulty challenge failure
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How are the mighty fallen?
history failure
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Bottle out
failure
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Don't put all your eggs in one basket
risk business opportunity strategy success failure action opportunity
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Beam ends - On your
work danger failure risk
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Don't throw good money after bad
money business failure risk
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Don't count your chickens before they are hatched
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foot-in-mouth fiasco
problem speech failure communication
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Drop the ball
failure work responsibility opportunity
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Go by the board
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Bite the dust
action danger body conflict failure emotion feeling
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To bite the dust
danger failure
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Miss the boat
time failure opportunity movement
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a tough nut to crack
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Too many cooks spoil the broth
problem food work difficulty failure success
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Pig's ear
body animal failure
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Gone for a burton
problem difficulty failure trouble
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missing the mark
failure
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Dead as a doornail
success failure danger work love time body emotion feeling education learning problem trouble
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Count your chickens before they are hatched
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Pride comes before a fall
failure success
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Booby prize
competition entertainment failure
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the best-laid plans
failure uncertainty work time difficulty
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Enough is enough
problem learning success failure
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Ne'er do well
behaviour failure problem work
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Cut no ice
problem communication failure difficulty history
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Go belly up
money failure business risk
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Sink or swim
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Flash in the pan
failure
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Steal my thunder
speech education learning failure failure
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Lame duck
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Shoot oneself in the foot
failure consequence body action
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Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic
problem failure
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To have two left feet
body movement difficulty failure
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It's no use crying over spilt milk
problem failure emotion
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Back the wrong horse
failure risk consequence
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Silly season
time failure learning education history action progress leadership
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bitten off more than she could chew
difficulty challenge responsibility failure struggle
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bit off more than they could chew
difficulty food consequence failure challenge struggle
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Bread always falls buttered side down
problem food failure
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Wrap your head around something
learning work education success failure problem learning education success failure problem learning education
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Left in the lurch
difficulty failure
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Idioms category: Failure

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