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