spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
strike out looking
fall back
penniless
push shit uphill
bail
go to the wall
underachieve
unambitious
shoestring
whip the cat
to little avail
scrape the bottom of the barrel
shoe string
miscarry
slim pickings
champagne taste on a beer budget
fight a losing battle
ambitionless
for lack of trying
unsuccessiveness
push one's luck
low water
sophomore slump
princely sum
dime
ambitionlessness
pinch
miss
stinginess
underprivilege
pound-foolish
downstat
fail
imperfectibility
bring off
budget
impecunious
tight-assed
tightfistedness
shiftlessness
pauce
die on the vine
break down
badly off
penurious
counterproductive
fall flat on one's face
underambitious
noninvestment
unfulfillment
dither
shortcoming
unattainment
failure
bad off
default
neglect
make hard work of
miss the mark
above water
trifle
nearly man
fall by the wayside
drab
moneyless
wealthless
busted valise
scratch a living
a dumb priest never got a parish
free-rider problem
bite the big one
clutch
miss the boat
hand to mouth
spurn
not win for losing
nonfulfilment
roll of the dice
untoward
rake together
nonachievement
own goal
emptyhandedness
the game is not worth the candle
thin
nonaccomplishment
scrape together
oofless
inauspicious
the wheels fell off
not worth the powder
go nowhere
not hit a cow's arse with a banjo
poverty
privilege
adverse
penniless
unambitious
ambitionless
pound-foolish
impecunious
tight-assed
pauce
badly off
penurious
counterproductive
underambitious
bad off
moneyless
wealthless
untoward
thin
oofless
inauspicious
adverse
to little avail
hand to mouth
shoestring
shoe string
slim pickings
champagne taste on a beer budget
unsuccessiveness
low water
sophomore slump
princely sum
dime
ambitionlessness
pinch
stinginess
underprivilege
downstat
fail
imperfectibility
budget
tightfistedness
shiftlessness
noninvestment
unfulfillment
shortcoming
unattainment
failure
nearly man
drab
busted valise
nonfulfilment
roll of the dice
nonachievement
own goal
emptyhandedness
nonaccomplishment
poverty
privilege
spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
strike out looking
fall back
push shit uphill
bail
go to the wall
underachieve
whip the cat
scrape the bottom of the barrel
miscarry
fight a losing battle
push one's luck
miss
bring off
die on the vine
break down
fall flat on one's face
dither
default
neglect
make hard work of
miss the mark
trifle
fall by the wayside
scratch a living
bite the big one
clutch
miss the boat
spurn
not win for losing
rake together
scrape together
go nowhere
not hit a cow's arse with a banjo
English words for 'To have something important fail for want of a small amount of money or effort.'
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