sent. No one succeeds all the time. (Said when someone fails.) : Don't fret about it, Tom. You can't win them all.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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You can't win them allis always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.