you win some, you lose some
sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you
every dog has its day
epic fail
make-or-break
I got mine
live by the sword, die by the sword
everything one touches turns to shit
nonsuccess
every man is the architect of his own fortune
fruitless
bootless
come off
sleeveless
vain
futile
evilfare
go wrong
failingness
no-win
all-or-nothing
twilight
flopdom
foil
sleeper
last laugh
require improvement
prosperous
it'll be all right on the night
nonperseverance
unsuccessful
trainwreck in slow motion
return to form
misachievement
fail at life
naches
unlikely
when one's ship comes in
snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
game over
fall
failure
succeeder
loser
washout
failure to thrive
unsuccessful person
backfire
fail
nonstarter
nobody's perfect
unfulfillment
in vain
underwhelm
take a dive
complacent
some people have all the luck
have the last laugh
we all make mistakes
sink or swim
it happens to the best of us
flat out
take it on the chin
no joy
lucky break
shit out of luck
do well
success has many fathers, failure is an orphan
only
nothing succeeds like success
hit-or-miss
score
unsucceeding
dead in the water
pride comes before a fall
imperfectionist
get off the ground
felix culpa
hit the jackpot
luck out
sweet smell of success
go strong
serendipity
nonperfection
cough up
defeated
borkage
succedent
second
pass
begeck
mend one's ways
a miss is as good as a mile
halt
beginning of the end
learning streak
discomfited
go nowhere