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you can't win 'em all
Idioms and Phrases
Success is not inevitable, as in They published your article but not your rebuttal to the reviewer? Well, you can't win 'em all . [First half of 1900s] For a synonym, see win some, lose some .Example Sentences
Oh, well â you can't win 'em all.
But as they say, you canât win âem all â and this one, frankly, seemed like it couldnât be won.
And no one expects the Lakers to come back to Los Angeles still unbeaten on the road, but as the basketball adage goes, âYou canât win âem all if you donât win the first one.â
âWeâre one of the few teams in America left that still control their own destiny in terms of the ability to reach their conference championship. We know you canât win âem all until you win the first one.â
True enough, and the first rule of sports is that you canât win âem all.
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