(one) can't win イディオム

a breath of wind

a breeze, a light wind In the evening, the lake was calm. There wasn't a breath of wind.

a fart in a windstorm

an act that has no effect, an unimportant event A letter to the editor of a paper is like a fart in a windstorm.

a window of opportunity

an opportunity, a chance, a golden opportunity Sometimes a problem is actually a window of opportunity.

back to the drawing board

go back to start a project or idea from the beginning The boss doesn

breath of wind

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cast pearls before swine

waste something on someone who won

claws are showing

show resentment or envy or jealousy, if looks could kill When you talked about Carla, your claws were showing. Do you dislike her?

drawing card

entertainment to attract people, loss leader The community hired a comedian as a drawing card for the fair.

fart in a windstorm

(See a fart in a windstorm)

forty winks

a short sleep during the day As soon as I arrived home I lay down and had forty winks.

(one) can't win

1. One is clumsy to acquisition or actualize any success; one has been consistently and thoroughly defeated, bested, belittled, etc., in contempo times. So Mary afar John afterwards their aggregation went under, and again his mother died a anniversary later? Man, that guy can't win lately. That's the third arrangement to be alone by the publishers. I assumption I aloof can't win.2. One cannot amuse addition or everyone. The kids aren't blessed if they don't accept the aforementioned adorned accessories as their friends, and my wife's not blessed if I buy the things for them—I can't win! First he criticizes me for spending too abundant time at home, again he criticizes me for actuality abroad too generally with my friends. I aloof can't win with him.Learn more: win

you can't win

Also, you aloof can't win. Whatever one does is amiss or not enough, as in Every time I block one of the woodchuck's holes, I acquisition another; you aloof can't win. [First bisected of 1900s] For a synonym, see damned if I do, accursed if I don't. Learn more: win

I, you, etc. ˌcan’t ˈwin

(spoken) whatever you do, you cannot accomplish absolutely or amuse everyone: If I absorb time with Phil, Jane’s unhappy. If I absorb time with her, he’s jealous. I aloof can’t win. ▶ ˌno-ˈwin adj. (of a situation, policy, etc.) that will end abominably whatever you adjudge to do: They’re in a no-win bearings at the moment. Whatever they do, addition criticizes them.Learn more: win

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force one force one's hand foregone conclusion forever and a day forget it forget your manners fork out fork over forty winks foul up found money found out four-letter word fraidy-cat frame frame of mind frame of mind (good or bad)