fail at life

slang To fail in a way that is exaggeratedly likened to one's entire life being a failure. I can't believe I blew my audition! Ugh, I fail at life. I overheard you struggling to ask Kim to the prom, and, yeah, you fail at life, dude.

See also: fail, life

See also:

fall flat
stop at
stop at (something)
be asleep at the switch
be asleep at the wheel
bigger they are, the harder they fall
bigger they come, the harder they fall, the
the bigger they are, the harder they fall
the bigger they come, the harder they fall
the bigger they come/are, the harder they fall

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And I offer to talk to many children and explain from first hand experience how failing the exam does not mean you fail at life.

Failing the 11-plus does NOT mean you fail in life ..it shouldn't be scrapped

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