10 idioms on failure and success | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Gaining recognition and likely to be successful soon.

Up and coming: He’s an up and coming artist in the local music scene.

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You are very sure that you will be successful

To be in the bag: With such strong sales, the contract is in the bag.

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A plan or project that suddenly goes wrong or fails

To blow up in your face: "Investing all her money in that tech startup was supposed to make her rich, but it blew up in her face when the company went bankrupt

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thief

Give points!

gift

Win 25 points!

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gift

Win 25 points!

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banana

Go to last place!

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trap

No points!

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star

Double points!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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banana

Go to last place!

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lifesaver

Give 25 points!

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star

Double points!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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lifesaver

Give 20 points!

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Get a very high score or excellent results

To ace a test: Sean happily aced his math test.

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A great opportunity you didn’t manage to keep or obtain.

To let something slip through your fingers: You mustn't allow this golden opportunity to slip through your fingers.

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To be very successful at achieving something

With flying colours: She passed her driving test with flying colours.

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It becomes much easier after the difficulties before.

Downhill all the way: We've finished the hard part of the project, so it's downhill all the way now

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To make an additional effort beyond what is expected.

To go the extra mile: He's a nice guy, always ready to go the extra mile for his friends.

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heart

Other team wins 20 points!

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shark

Other team loses 25 points!

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fairy

Take points!

baam

Lose 25 points!

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You have many opportunities in life and can achieve anything.

The world’s your oyster: Now that you’ve graduated, the world’s your oyster.

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To have to start over again because of a failure.

Back to square one: The experiment failed, putting the team back to square one and forcing them to collect new data.

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