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A list of phrases related to the word "disappointment"...
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Admit
defeat
All dressed up and nowhere to go
Always the bridesmaid never a bride
Boulevard of broken dreams
Broken dreams
Close, but no cigar
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Crushing
defeat
Failure
to launch
Knock back
Let down
My one
regret
in life is that I am not someone else ( Woody Allen line )
Prick your bubble
Snatching
defeat
from the jaws of victory
Snatching victory from the jaws of
defeat
Success has many fathers, while
failure
is an orphan
What we have here is a
failure
to communicate ( line from Cool Hand Luke )