idiom(UKalsonot last five minutes)tofailor beunsuccessfulverysoon:快失败了;长不了You won't lastlonginyourjobif youcarryon being sorudeto thecustomers.如果你继续这样粗暴地对待顾客,那么你这份工作就快干到头了。He wouldn't last fiveminutesin thepoliceforce- it'sfartootoughfor him.他在警察队伍里呆不了多久——他受不了那份苦。Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examplesnot achieving wealth, popularity, or success
unsuccessfulHe tried for years to get his work published before accepting he was a commercially unsuccessful writer.
failedShe was a failed singer.
frustratedHe was a legendary actor, but a frustrated director.
strugglingThe struggling actor was cut from yet another film.
on the ropesAfter that scandal, the MP is really on the ropes.
See more results ?SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesFailing and doing badly
abjectly
at-risk
backbencher
balls(something)up
be on your beam endsidiom
blow
bomb
collapse
fall to piecesidiom
fight a losing battleidiom
flog
flog a dead horseidiom
flop
founder
rot
running on emptyidiom
sclerotic
screw
smoke
the rot sets inidiom
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