(something) will never fly

something will not succeed.

People told him it was a great story, but it would never fly as a movie.

• in the same breath
• in the same league
• in the same league as
• in the same league as someone
• in the same league as something
• in the scheme of things
• in the shadow of
• in the shadow of someone
• in the shadow of something
• in the short run
• in the short term
• in the soup
• in the strictest confidence
• in the strict sense
• in the teeth of
• in the teeth of something
• in the thick of it
• in the toilet
• in the twinkling of an eye
• in the vicinity of
• in the vicinity of something
• in the wake of
• in the wake of something
• in the way
• in the way of