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success is a journey not an eventsuccess is a life long journeyRate it:

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"success is winning in silence other people who are in front of you without deserving itSuccessRate it:

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failure never catches those who are chasing success.successRate it:

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nothing succeeds like successPeople who are already successful tend to have additional successes.Rate it:

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success has many fathers, failure is an orphanMany will seek credit for success, few will accept responsibility for failure.Rate it:

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success is a journey not an eventSuccess is a life long journeyRate it:

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a purple patchBritish (Informal) a run of success or good fortune. "people expect him to score in every game now he's hit a purple patch."Rate it:

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almost doesn't countNear success (or correctness) is not deemed success (or correctness).Rate it:

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baptism by fireA change in initial attitude or ideals through a traumatic situation.Rate it:

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bat five hundredTo be successful half of the time, to have a success rate of 50%.Rate it:

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cut upwasn't a success and just was a mistake.Rate it:

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flying startThe start of a sports event in which the competitors are moving when they pass the starting line or initial jump point.Rate it:

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goose is cookedAll hope is gone; there is no possibility of success.Rate it:

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happy landingsAn expression of good-luck, safe travel in any conveyance, Have success in your career or business venture.Rate it:

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run hot and coldTo alternate between two opposite extremes, such as enthusiasm and disinterest or success and failure.Rate it:

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snowball's chance in hellLittle or no likelihood of occurrence or success.Rate it:

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trial and errorTo find a solution by experimenting; to achieve success through repeated failuresRate it:

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worth the riskThe benefit of the success is more valuable than the problems caused by the potential loss.Rate it:

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fat chanceLittle or no likelihood of occurrence or success.Rate it:

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more power to youBest wishes and success; good luck in your endeavor.Rate it:

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a miss is as good as a mileA failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come.Rate it:

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beginner's luckrefers to the supposed phenomenon of novices experiencing disproportionate frequency of success or succeeding against an expert in a given activity. One would expect experts to outperform novices - when the opposite happens it is counter-intuitive, hence the need for a term to describe this phenomenon.Rate it:

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dark horseAn unexpected success.Rate it:

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fancy one's chancesTo believe that one has a good chance of success.Rate it:

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lucky breakA stroke of luck; a fortunate event, particularly of the sort that propels one to success, fame, etc.Rate it:

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Midas touchThe ability to gain success or financial reward from one's actions.Rate it:

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nervous hitA production which receives generally favorably notice, but is not assured of success.Rate it:

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i'm livin' the dreamI am living, experiencing in my reality my dream of excellence, beauty, success, and all uplifting emotional, actual pleasantries one might only expect in a dream stage: The opposite; I'm living the 'nightmare'!Rate it:

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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.Rate it:

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every dog has its dayEveryone has a time of success and satisfaction.Rate it:

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fighting chanceA chance that is dependent on success in a struggle.Rate it:

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good luck with thatAn expression wishing someone success in an unlikely enterprise.Rate it:

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lay openIn Japan and South Korea, to publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.Rate it:

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put downTo pay an initial amount of money on a large purchase.Rate it:

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rest on one's laurelsTo rely on a past success instead of trying to improve oneself further.Rate it:

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to little availWith little success or benefit.Rate it:

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win the dayto gain complete victory or success over something or someoneRate it:

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boom or bust!In A Difficult Challenging Situation, Decide To Go For Broke, Go For Success Or Failure!Rate it:

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money creates loveWhen you are in state of success in every aspect of you life meaning that one success brings the other like a dominoRate it:

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at the end of the dayA colloquial expression of the twentieth/twenty first century referring as to a summary of events, degree of financial or business success, reference as to having a nice day, achieving preset goals, positive results.Rate it:

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make one's markTo make, or leave, a lasting impression, especially to achieve apparent success.Rate it:

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play to winTo make a special, determined effort to achieve general success or a particular goal, in life, in one's career, in negotiation, etc.Rate it:

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a dark horseHaving Nothing To Do With The Color Of A Fantasy Horse, Rather An Expression Of A Winner, A Success Story, A Triumph Suddenly Developing, Revealing Itself All In A Positive Manner:Rate it:

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do a giga group of people performing the same dance movement to celebrate their success or achievement.Rate it:

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Dog-Eat-Dog WorldTo live a life associated by severe competition wherein people struggle ruthlessly to live or attain successRate it:

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Light at the End of the TunnelSuccess achieved after taxing effort, to finally get the answer after prolonged researchRate it:

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on a rollHaving a streak of good luck or good progress or success.Rate it:

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one-hit wonderA musical performer or musical group known for a single hit song, especially after failing at later attempts at success.Rate it:

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adds upTo enhance. " Law of attraction adds up to the success in life."Rate it:

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all students take calculusA mnemonic for the sign values of all the trigonometric functions in the two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. The initial letters ASTC — for all, sine, tangent, cosine — signify which of the functions are positive, in the order of the quadrants, starting at the top right and moving counterclockwise.Rate it:

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