Thematic Index of Idioms: Success and Failure

La lista de Idioms mostradas a continuación, competen a ítem Éxito y Fracaso:

Sacrificed on the altar of something	Go off half-cocked
In the bag	Go off at half-cock
Slip on banana skin/peel	Win hands down
Bang goes something	Beat someone/something hands down
Fight a losing battle	Set the heather on fire
Win the battle, lose the war	(the) dizzy/dizzying heights
Lose the battle, win the war	On a hiding to nothing
Go belly-up	Ride high
Strike a blow for/against something	Beat someone hollow
Back to the drawing board	Hit a home run
Go by the board/boards	Home and dry/hosed
Sweep the board	Bring the house down
Shoot your bolt	A house of cards
The brass ring	Hit the jackpot
The bubble has burst	Put the kibosh on something
Hit the buffers	Do a land-office business
In the can	(go down like) a lead balloon
Carry all before you	Hit the mark
Have had your chips	Hit the nail on the head
Clos but no cigar	A back number
Nice try but no cigar	Strike oil
With flying colours	Beat the pants off someone
Too many cooks (spoil the broth)	Hit/strike pay dirt
Too many cooks in the kitchen	Go pear-shaped
Earn your corn	Make a pig’s ear of something
Down/out for the count	Go places
Crash and burn	On the ropes
On/ride the crest of a wave	Come up smelling of roses
Go critical	Ride high in the saddle
Come a cropper	Clear/plain/smooth sailing
Carry the day	Come /fall apart at the seams
Dead in the water	A sinking ship
No dice	The sky’s the limit
Done like a dinner	Go up in smoke
Go the (full) distance	No soap
Down and out	The wooden spoon
A dead duck	Not set the Thames on fire
Bite the dust	(hit) the big time
Lay an egg	Touch and go
A white elephant	Throw in the towel
A feather in your cap	Come up trumps
Fall flat (on your face)	Come unglued
Drop like flies	Come unstuck
Wipe the floor with someone	Go to the wall
Deliver the goods	The (hand)writing in on the wall
Cooke your goose	Fall by the wayside
Your goose is cooked	Come up in the world
Make the grade	Not set the world on fire

 

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See also:

¿Que son los Idioms?	Particles List of Phrasal Verbs
Gramatica de un Idiom	Lista de Términos Gramaticales
Importancia de los Idioms	Common misspellings
Como aprender Idioms	Irregular verbs List
Common Clichés	Particles List of Phrasal Verbs
Common Slangs	Abz Grammar Top Tips

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