fail at life

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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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