flash in the pan
goody-goody
some people have all the luck
dud
flop
washout
until hell freezes over
chameleon
nonperseverance
if at first you don't succeed, try try again
clutch
miss the boat
three-time loser
loser
strike out looking
unsuccessful person
unmove
nonstarter
failure
if at first you don't succeed
not win for losing
opportunist
take one's chance
prima donna
failable
pleasure seeker
persevering
unhopeful
born loser
he who hesitates is lost
plaster saint
sleeper
cowardly lion
vainly
bucking bronco
flaker
downstat
opportunivore
unsatisfy
nearly man
you can't keep a good man down
leg
strike while the iron is hot
intermissive
perseveringly
naches
land on one's feet
beat the odds
passiveness
persevere
miscarry
dormant
passivity
sporting man
anal
abeyant
live to fight another day
go nowhere
ideal-seeking behavior
resourcefulness
not hit a cow's arse with a banjo
venturous
lose
nonachiever
slowcoach
stuck on oneself
avoidant
futile
mediocrity
unlikely
gregarious
scant
fruitless
sleeveless
vain
loserish
bootless
underachieve
unsuccessiveness
go down in flames
discomposure
when one's ship comes in
hit-or-miss
pall
come up from behind
lag behind
late bloomer
off
stay hungry
ride one's luck
whistle in the wind
get around to
on
live on the edge
accustomed
go phut
be riding for a fall
experimentalist

English words for 'someone who enjoys transient success but then fails'

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