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you can't win them all

you can't win them all proverb: it is impossible to always succeed; failure or disappointment is inevitable from time to time.

Proverb

you can't win them all

  1. (informal) It is impossible to always succeed; failure or disappointment is inevitable from time to time.

Synonyms of you can't win them all

Forms of you can't win them all

alternative form (colloquial)you can't win 'em all

Questions about you can't win them all

What does you can't win them all mean?
You can't win them all means it is impossible to always succeed; failure or disappointment is inevitable from time to time.
What part of speech is you can't win them all?
You can't win them all is a proverb.

Words near you can't win them all in the dictionary

  1. you can't talk
  2. you can't teach an old dog new tricks
  3. you can't tell a book by its cover
  4. you can't turn a hoe into a housewife
  5. you can't unring a bell
  6. you can't win them all
  7. you cannot break a stick in a bundle
  8. you cannot break a twig in a bundle
  9. you cannot break sticks in a bundle
  10. you cannot please everyone
  11. you cannot put the same shoe on every foot

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