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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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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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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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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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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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call backRequest for a second interview or audition, following a successful initial interview.Rate it:

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climb to new heightsachieving successRate it:

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come intoTo enter the initial phase of; to commence.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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curtain-raiserIn a theater, an initial play, musical performance, etc which precedes the main performance.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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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 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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fencepost problemIn computer programming, a problem dealing with how to treat the initial or boundary values of a discrete problem.Rate it:

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Flash in the PanSomething or someone getting success for a brief time, a person failed to maintain his earlier reputationRate it:

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fly-by-nightThis expression has broadened to mean any of these: A person or business that appears and disappears rapidly; Someone who departs or flees at night in order to avoid creditors, law enforcement etc. A dishonest or unreliable person selling something to make a quick profit A transient or traveling salesmen or businessmen, tradesmen; A business that appears to have little or no chance of successRate it:

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forget, when up to one's neck in alligators, that the mission is to drain the swampTo lose sight of one's initial objective, becoming caught up in subtasks or in tasks only tangentially/orthogonally related to the initial objective.Rate it:

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fortunam ex manibus dimittereto let success slip through one's fingers.Rate it:

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fortunam in manibus habereto have success in one's grasp.Rate it:

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frame upTo erect the initial walls and roof of.Rate it:

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game overThe end of some ongoing situation due to either failure or success.Rate it:

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get aheadattain successRate it:

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get it how one livesTo achieve wealth or success by any means necessary.Rate it:

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get through toTo succeed in communicating with (after initial difficulty).Rate it:

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get-rich-quickClaiming to provide large profits quickly, with no realistic chance of success, in order to lure gullible investment victims.Rate it:

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give backTo contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success.Rate it:

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go a long wayTo achieve considerable success.Rate it:

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go farTo attain success, especially from humble origins.Rate it:

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go placesTo make progress or achieve success.Rate it:

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go-getterOne who is motivated or inclined to excel; one who strives to achieve success or improvement.Rate it:

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go-getterAn active and enterprising person; one who is motivated or inclined to excel; one who strives to achieve success or improvement.Rate it:

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has-beenA formerly popular or influential person whose popularity or effectiveness has peaked and is now in decline. Typically said of professionals or celebrities whose primary success is behind them.Rate it:

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have it going onTo be attractive or socially successful or have an aura of success.Rate it:

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have the last laughTo be vindicated; to triumph despite predicted failure; to find success after defeat or setback.Rate it:

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he who laughs last laughs bestsuccess is better after having previously endured ridicule.Rate it:

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head startinitial advantageRate it:

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head startA factor conducive to superiority and success.Rate it:

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hit it bigTo have great success.Rate it:

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hit it offTo develop an amicable relationship (with), especially in a sudden manner during an initial encounter.Rate it:

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hit it upTo develop an amicable relationship (with), especially in a sudden manner during an initial encounter.Rate it:

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home runA success; especially, a popular success.Rate it:

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hot handA sustained period of luck or success, a streak of good luckRate it:

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