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