all-or-nothing
game over
work out
take on water
drop the ball
pragmatist
make-or-break
unsuccessful
mis-
beef
gronk
old college try
take it on the chin
in vain
fall on one's face
whistle in the wind
death spiral
run a risk
everything one touches turns to shit
cupcake
losingly
go wrong
nonstarter
lay an egg
washout
repine
nonfailure
take a dive
wear down
postlapsarian
come off
tear up
fight a losing battle
fail
you win some, you lose some
fail at life
come right
conk
fight off
take the count
failingness
fall flat on one's face
no-win
not win for losing
lay eggs
beat the poop out of
lost cause
misappreciation
beat the shit out of
mishandle
carry
for
stymie
death ride
causal-final
turkey
get off the ground
dud
bomb
flop
run
come a cropper
no-win situation
on
bright
borkage
advantage
death grip
doomed
loser
come a gutser
cope
you're only as good as your last shift
born loser
take a licking
sink or swim
incompliance
misfall
go belly-up
bomb out
scant
piffle
come to nought
bark up the wrong tree
blow
lose one's way
misperform
even chance
fall into a trap
epic fail
require improvement
thwart
uneffective
be riding for a fall
failure to thrive
can't do right for doing wrong
propitious
go down in flames
omnishambles
unlikely