(one's) cake is dough

One's actions have failed or not led to the desired outcome—much like a cake that is still dough after baking. The phrase appears in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. I know you worked really hard on this project, but it looks like your cake is dough, and you won't be winning the contest.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Monat	-	Irish
FÜLÖP	-	Hungarian
Absalom	AB-sə-lahm (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Aiko	ah-ee-ko	Japanese
Cynebald	-	Anglo-Saxon
Tanzi	TAN-zee	English (Rare)