100 English words for 'Sometimes you win and sometimes you are defeated; everybody has successes and failures.'

sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you

you win some, you lose some

snatch victory from the jaws of defeat

make-or-break

live by the sword, die by the sword

defeated

discomfited

I got mine

have the last laugh

loss

bootless

nothing succeeds like success

sleeveless

fruitless

futile

vain

succeeder

take a dive

sink or swim

cough up

nonsuccess

winlessness

pwn

take the count

loser

go nowhere

spoiler

success depends on your backbone, not your wishbone

defeatism

game over

come off

work out

unsuccessful person

failure

flat out

nonstarter

twilight

go wrong

when one's ship comes in

every man is the architect of his own fortune

sweet smell of success

a miss is as good as a mile

subdual

foil

prosperous

whitewash

defeatedness

fall

nonperseverance

winning

unfavorableness

epic fail

cooked

take it on the chin

succedent

win back

ace out

unfavourableness

scalp

easy come, easy go

unlikely

some people have all the luck

checkmate

what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

revenge

uncompetitiveness

unbeatens

corncob

you're only as good as your last shift

unsuccessful

crownlessness

even chance

undefeated

stick a fork in something

backfire

washout

old college try

undoing

law of diminishing returns

when you're hot, you're hot

carnage

winner

no-win

failingness

pride comes before a fall

winning streak

in vain

strike gold

go strong

hit the skids

giving up

no-win situation

beat

mis-

yielding

everything one touches turns to gold

carry

surrender