epic fail

epic fail

An especially big or embarrassing blunder. I can't believe I called the CEO by the wrong name! What an epic fail. I tried to bake a cake for my sister's birthday, but I accidentally used salt instead of sugar. Epic fail.
See also: epic, fail
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • chain of command
  • be had up (for something)
  • big fish
  • a big fish
  • whitewash
  • whitewash, a
  • can't take the heat
  • catch a tiger by the tail
  • pilfer
  • pilfer from
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("The BFG" just breathed a huge sigh of relief.) There are a few key reasons behind this epic fail.
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"I'd like to know if we're all missing something or if your buyer has really done an epic fail."
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Reports of the conference say the team commented it would be very difficult for Sony to fix the described exploits, and that Sony's security was an "EPIC FAIL!" Epic, after such a long war, sure, but fail?
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Meanwhile, GM was an epic fail. Garzberg says, "Although most of the shreds of evidence are long gone, some websites have preserved the best of GM's campaign backfire.
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