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