seal (someone's) fate

if an event seals someone's fate, they are certain to fail or to have an unpleasant experience in the future.

His father's illness sealed his fate - Sam gave up his hopes of a college education and stayed home to run the family business.

• not have a pot to piss in
• not have a prayer
• not have a snowball's chance in hell
• not have a type of bone in body
• not have a type of bone in your body
• not have much going for
• not have much going for you
• not have much time
• not have much time someone
• not have much time something
• not have the faintest
• not have the faintest idea
• not have the foggiest idea
• not have the foggiest notion
• not have the heart
• not have the heart to
• not have the heart to do something
• not have the stomach
• not have the stomach for
• not have the stomach for something
• not have two pennies to rub together
• nothing but
• nothing but something
• nothing daunted
• nothing doing