you can't win them all

Meaning: Said to console someone after a small failure.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Example: “The cake sank in the middle, but you can't win them all.”

Category: Daily Life

Origin: A shrug borrowed from sport, where no team wins every game. The phrase is American from the mid-20th century.

Equivalents in other languages

Italian: Non tutte le ciambelle riescono col buco — literally: Not all donuts come out with a hole

right on cue — At exactly the right moment.
you snooze, you lose — If you are slow to act, someone else will take the chance.
go off without a hitch — To happen smoothly, with no problems.
lose one's shirt — To lose all one's money.
every little bit helps — Even a small contribution is worth having.
get the wrong end of the stick — To misunderstand something completely.

smell a rat — To sense that something dishonest is going on.
a hard nut to crack — A difficult problem, or a person who is hard to deal with.
have a finger in every pie — To be involved in many different things at once.
have a bee in one's bonnet — To be obsessed with one idea.
put down roots — To settle somewhere permanently.
on tenterhooks — In anxious suspense.

Agree, for law is costly. — Settling disputes peacefully preserves wealth that litigation devours.
Almost was never hanged. — Narrow escapes from danger don't count as actual survival until the threat completely pas…
Angry men seldom want woe. — Anger blinds men to consequences, so they pursue destructive paths without recognizing im…