the proof of the pudding is in the eating
nothing succeeds like success
I got mine
unfavorableness
unfavourableness
second
when one's ship comes in
made
fancy one's chances
prosperous
some people have all the luck
come off
nonfailure
make one's own luck
what's the use
sweet smell of success
fighting chance
succedent
positive thinking
hit
positiveness
make or break
favourableness
favorableness
advantageousness
unsuccessful
profitableness
unlikely
positivity
succeeder
nonsuccess
score
odds-on
on a roll
success depends on your backbone, not your wishbone
chip shot
triumph
successful
success metric
job's a good 'un
effectiveness
unpropitiousness
luck out
inauspiciousness
winning
hit the jackpot
when you're hot, you're hot
you have to be good to be lucky
succeeding
you must spoil before you spin
succeed
average
great white hope
foiling
white hope
work out
even chance
futile
hot hand
more power to your elbow
happy landings
third time's a charm
pride
vain
bootless
placebo effect
sleeveless
felicity
fruitless
sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you
there's no use
it's no use
run of the ball
pass
carry
joy
pull off
fluke
manage
negociate
deliver the goods
sleeper
win
unfavorable
carry off
no-fail
you're only as good as your last shift
come through
disadvantageous
rest on one's laurels
unfavourable
bat a thousand
bring off
auspicious
bring home the bacon
final
testing ground
last