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Mislukking - Het ervaren van falen

Ontdek Engelse idiomen die betrekking hebben op het ervaren van falen met voorbeelden als 'in vlammen opgaan' en 'plat vallen'.

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English idioms related to Failure
to hang on by one's fingernails

to barely manage to survive or succeed

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on one's knees

in a difficult, desperate, or vulnerable situation where help or intervention may be needed

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to go pear-shaped

to proceed in a way that causes a bad outcome

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to fall at the first hurdle

to fail or encounter difficulties at the beginning of a task or process, before any significant progress has been made

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Definitie & Betekenis van "to [fall] at the first (hurdle|fence)"
to fall at the final hurdle

to encounter failure or difficulties just before reaching the end or achieving a goal

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Definitie & Betekenis van "to [fall] at the (final|last) (hurdle|fence)"
the wheels fall off

used to refer to something that was working or progressing well but suddenly stopped functioning or fell apart

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Definitie & Betekenis van "the wheels [fall off|come off]"
to fall flat

(of a joke, remark, event, etc.) to be completely unsuccessful in amusing people or having the desired effect

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Definitie & Betekenis van "to [fall] flat"
to go up in flames

to experience a complete failure or defeat, often accompanied by dramatic or disastrous consequences

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Definitie & Betekenis van "to [go] (up|down) in flames"
to fall flat on one's face

to experience an embarrassing failure in an attempt to do something

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Definitie & Betekenis van "to [fall] flat on {one's} face"
to go ass over tit

to suddenly fall down because of losing one's balance

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Definitie & Betekenis van "to [go] ass over (tit|tip)"
to go south

to experience a sudden and significant decline, deterioration, or devaluation, often unexpectedly or rapidly

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to go haywire

to malfunction or stop functioning properly

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to beat one's head against a (brick) wall

to repeatedly try to do or achieve something without success

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Definitie & Betekenis van "to [beat|bang|hit] {one's} head against (a|the) (brick|) wall"
somebody can't hack it

used to convey that one is unable to cope with or handle a particular situation, task, or challenge

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Definitie & Betekenis van "{sb} [can't|couldn't] hack it"
to go belly up

(of a company, organization, plan, etc.) to experience a complete failure

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Definitie & Betekenis van "to [go] belly up"
black eye

an issue causing progress to slow down or stop entirely

hindernis, vertraging

hindernis, vertraging

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Definitie & Betekenis van "black eye"
to fall to pieces

to completely fail to be effective

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