Succes and failure
English vocab
English vocab
Kartei Details
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| Sprache | English |
| Kategorie | Englisch |
| Stufe | Andere |
| Erstellt / Aktualisiert | 08.09.2022 / 08.09.2022 |
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Something unexpected
Out of the blue
have a lot of knowledge about something
know someting inside out
a situation where you get benefits from two different sides
the best of both worlds
expensive
costs an arm and a leg
something easy
a piece of cake
a situation where you find out later that it was positive, but you didn't think so at the time
blessing in disguise
take too much work
bite off more than you can chew
ideas that make you think
food for thought
trying to do something impossible
fight a loosing battle
relax
let your hair down
say something just right
hit the nail on the head
when somebody fucks with you
pull your leg
keep someone from getting ahead or developing
holding me back
become known or popular
caught on
achieve, be succesful at a task
accomplished
be not just a little unsuccessful but extremely unsuccessful
failing miserably
do well and prosper in general
thrive
get a very high mark on a test
passing with flying colours
fail to do something by the neccesary date
missed a deadline
achieve a specific objective decided in advance
met the target
make mistakes
messing up
complete something but not manage to meet a required goal
falling short
Someone that is guilty of something is to
blame
Someone very succesful has
made it
i didn't do any mistakes in my presentation, so i
exceeded my expectations
I did something I wanted to do since a long time, so I
fulfilled my ambition
He started from the bottom, he has a
success story
They had a lot of difficulties that they
triumphed over
Nobody laughed at my joke, it
fell flat
After the scandal the company
went bankrupt
They didn't take my advice very well. It
went down like a lead ballon
The movie was very predictable. It
lacked in imagination
Someone that is guilty for something is to
blame
Someone who's very succesful has
made it
When something goes better than you thought
exceeded my expectations
When you achive something you wanted to
fulfil your ambition
the narrative of someone who has made it
success story
We had many difficulties along the way but we
triumphed over
Nobody laughed at my joke. It
fell flat
With the last scandal the company
went bankrupt
