sink or swim
win or lose
mis-
lose one's way
unfailingly
come to nothing
pull a Homer
go to shit
fall to the ground
come to nought
checkmate
take the count
in vain
keep on trucking
hit the skids
hang on
flop
do nothing
make the riffle
ascend
shit the bed
to no avail
come through
repine
fall down
go down the toilet
fall on one's face
strike out looking
waver
sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you
a miss is as good as a mile
fall through
go out
you can't win them all
undefeatable
beat the odds
one strike and you're out
miss
break down
successlessly
nonfailure
draw a blank
no-fail
waterproof
surely
bomb
bite the dust
kamikaze
blow up in one's face
blow up
unsucceeding
blow
flopdom
lay an egg
no-lose
unsuccessful
even chance
carry all before one
go down in flames
come a gutser
scant
bomb out
baffle
unsuccessfully
neverending
failureless
fail at life
come up with snake eyes
nonsuccess
nonstarter
whiff
brickle
fall down on
all-or-nothing
every man is the architect of his own fortune
tear it up
fall
take a dive
go strong
under
no-win situation
purposelessly
until hell freezes over
fighting chance
gronk
foolproof
fight a losing battle
sleeveless
vain
bootless
make-or-break
fruitless
futile
unlikely
take a licking
zilch
run adrift
done