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

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all dressedused in reference to (ordering) or eating a pizza with "everything", meaning all toppings (mushrooms, peppers, etc.) on itRate it:

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all dressed up and nowhere to goElaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.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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American DreamA philosophy that with hard work, courage and determination, anyone can prosper and achieve success.Rate it:

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answer for!be held accountable FOR your sins!"'; 'to be responsible for the results, the outcome, the success or failure thereof!Rate 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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avoir le vent en poupeto gain popularity, to enjoy increasing successRate it:

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baptism by fireA rite of passage through the survival or success of a crisis.Rate it:

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bat a thousandTo achieve success at each attempt.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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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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belle of the ballthe best looking and/or best dressed girl at the dance (ball)Rate it:

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bene id tibi vertat!I wish you all success in the matter.Rate it:

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bitch goddessSuccess, especially in terms of wealth and fame.Rate it:

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bitch goddessSomeone, specifically a woman, who has such success; a rich and/or famous woman.Rate it:

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bite the dustTo quit, or fail or lose any chances of successRate 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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bright-eyed and bushy-tailedneatly attired, well dressed.Rate it:

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burst my balloonBreak-up an assertion or a claim of success. Deprecate a plan or approach. Deflate and belittle the glowing reports of a well chosen committee:Rate it:

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burst my balloonBreak-up an assertion or a claim of success. Depracate a plan or approach. Deflate and belittle the glowing reports of a well chosen committee:Rate it:

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climb to new heightsachieving successRate it:

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comme vous voilà fagotée!How awkwardly you are dressed! What a fright (or, dowdy) you look!Rate it:

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crony capitalismA form of economy in which success in business depends on close relationships with government officials, often implying favouritism.Rate it:

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

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daddy will have a stitting of marans in the springa comment about success of a breed of laying hensRate it:

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dark horseAn unexpected success.Rate it:

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Dead as a DoornailTo lose hope, to become hopeless about successRate it:

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deathbed conversionAn abrupt, last-minute change in one's professed beliefs, principles, or point of view in order to escape a serious threat or to increase one's chances of success.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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Do or DieTo get complete success or failure; to take the chance of destroy oneself in trying to succeedRate it:

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do well by doing goodTo achieve social acceptance or financial success as a result of behaving in a benevolent or charitable manner.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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down at heelShabbily dressed, slovenly; impoverished.Rate it:

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dressed to a teaDressed very nicelyRate it:

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dressed to killvery fashionableRate it:

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Dressed to the NinesTo wear stylish clothing; wearing clothes to draw attentionRate it:

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dressed to the ninesVery fancily or formally dressed; wearing very showy or splendid clothing.Rate it:

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dressed/done up like a dog’s dinnerThe root of this idiom, chiefly used in the UK and Australia, is the phrase ‘a dog’s dinner’ which means- very disorganized, untidy, or messy. When it becomes the full idiom, to be ‘dressed up’ or ‘done up like a dog’s dinner’ it takes on the meaning of being inappropriately overdressed - garish or tastelessly. To attract attention by wearing formal or decorative clothing when it is not called for. This phrase is quite similar to ‘a dog’s breakfast’ in that the implication is of something messy and averse, as something socially distasteful or out of place, --an unappealing muddle.Rate it:

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être sur son trente-et-un (fam.)To be dressed up to the nines.Rate it:

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

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

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

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

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

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first in, best dressedThose who arrive or get in sooner will receive a more desirable outcome.Rate it:

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