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no guts, no glory

no guts, no glory proverb: success will not be achieved without courage, hard work, and struggle.

Proverb

no guts, no glory

  1. Success will not be achieved without courage, hard work, and struggle.
    • Near-synonyms: no pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained

Synonyms of no guts, no glory

Origin of no guts, no glory

Suggesting the bloody conditions of warfare.

Questions about no guts, no glory

What does no guts, no glory mean?
No guts, no glory means success will not be achieved without courage, hard work, and struggle.
What part of speech is no guts, no glory?
No guts, no glory is a proverb.

Words near no guts, no glory in the dictionary

  1. no good deed goes unpunished
  2. no gos
  3. no great scratch
  4. no great shakes
  5. No Gun Ri
  6. no guts, no glory
  7. no hard feelings
  8. no harm done
  9. no harm, no foul
  10. no harm, no fowl
  11. no hat, no play

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